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Calling all Cancer Survivors to Evaluate Fertility Fact Sheets

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, education, Hormone Foundation, Marla Clayman, Oncofertility, Sara Barnato, social science
The Oncofertility Consortium and the Hormone Foundation developed fact sheets for men, women, and children to learn about the impact of cancer on their fertility, hormonal management, and fertility options. These fact sheets are available at SaveMyFertility.org, a website which provides patients and providers with…
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Oncofertility in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Take 2!

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, cancer, clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, JAYAO, Oncofertility, social science
I’m excited to be writing about the second issue of the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (JAYAO) , the first cancer journal of it’s kind. This second issue is no small feat – many journals come and go and it takes a dedicated…
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Examining Cancer, Fertility, Sexuality, and Gender – A Study

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, LGBT, Northwestern University, social science, Sperm Banking
By Maya M. Harper, M.A. Every year, 70,000 adolescents and young adults (AYAs) between the ages of 15-40 are diagnosed with cancer. They may experience this diagnosis as a devastating twist of fate that has the potential for derailing their life from its current track.…
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Non-Surgical Interventions for Female Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Research
Tags: cancer, Fertility Preservation, Research, rhesus
Baby rhesus monkey born during Dr. Zelinski’s study Over the past decade, women who are about to undergo sterilizing medical treatments have seen a dramatic increase in the number and success rates of methods to preserve their fertility. Women can now cryopreserve their ovarian tissue,…
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Improving Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis

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Categories: Blog, General, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Current Oncology, publication
The journal, Current Oncology, recently published two articles on opposite ends of the cancer timeline-diagnosis and survival. The first article, “Health care strategies to promote earlier presentation of symptomatic breast cancer: perspectives of women and family physicians,” focuses on the problem that 20%–30% of women…
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Oct 1st: AWARE for All – Chicago Clinical Research Education Day

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news, Research
Tags: AWARE for All, clinical research, education, FIRST Registry, Institute for Women's Health Research, Northwestern University
So let’s talk about clinical trials. Has anyone out there ever participated in one or know of someone who has? Have you ever thought about participating in one, but held back because you didn’t have enough information about what it would entail?  A lot of…
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Penn Med Student Perspective on Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: clinical research, Conference, University of Pennsylvania
Last week, the 2011 Oncofertility Consortium Conference: Priorities for Sustainable Oncofertility Research and Patient Care, was held here in Chicago. One of the more than 150 attendees was a University of Pennsylvania medical school student, Katie Dillon, who works with Clarisa Gracia, MD, MSCE on…
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Good News in Cancer Diagnosis and Survival – For Some

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Categories: Blog, Research
Every year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) compiles data from the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and others, to inform the public about the estimated cancer statistics for that year. The current year’s assessment had just been released –…
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Oncofertility: Training the Next Generation of Physician Researchers

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Research
Tags: Awards, Fertility Preservation, vitro follicle growth
Cristina Thomas (top) with her mentors in the Woodruff Lab, Candace Tingen, PhD, and Min Xu, PhD. Cristina Thomas is like many young students at Northwestern University. She spends her time studying, participating in school activities, and having fun with her friends. In addition to…
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Cryo 2011: Refining Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Conference, cryopreservation, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, ovarian biology, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Sperm Banking, Techniques
Many young cancer patients prior to treatment undergo fertility preservation applications that utilize cryopreservation techniques such as egg banking, embryo banking and sperm banking. On July 24th – 27th, the 48th Annual Meeting for the Society of Cryobiology will be held at the LaSells Stewart Center…
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Who Makes Fertility Decisions in Pediatric Cancer Patients?

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Categories: Blog, General, Research
Tags: ethics, social science
Young women and men facing cancer treatments are forced to confront not only their cancer diagnosis, but also the potential loss of their fertility. Each individual case and treatment plan may affect fertility differently; however, healthcare providers should inform their patients about fertility preservation options.…
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Catholicism and Fertility Preservation – Evolving Together

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Categories: Blog, Research
Tags: religion
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) first came onto the Vatican’s radar in the early 1950s and by 1956 Pope Pius XII, proclaimed artificial reproduction as unlawful in the Catholic Church, because it produced human lives by separating procreation and normal sexual function.  Fast-forward to Catholic moral teaching…
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Fertility, Femininity, and Cancer

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Categories: Blog, General, Research
Tags: publication
When I was a teenager and in my 20s, I never thought deeply about having children or becoming a mother. By the time I turned 30, I was very busy with graduate school and work, pushing the idea of children even further back into the…
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Ovaries: Organs or gametes?

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Research
Tags: ethics, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Personal stories
Female cancer patients interested in preserving their fertility prior to treatment may choose from a variety of options including egg banking, embryo banking, or ovarian tissue cryopreservation. While some fertility preservation techniques, such as egg and embryo baking, require a 2 to 3 week delay…
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New Publication: Oncofertility and Gender Roles

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Categories: Blog, General, Research
Tags: infertility, Lisa Campo-Engelstein
Investigators at the Oncofertility Consortium recently published a discussion on historical perceptions of infertility in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship. The authors, Shauna Gardino, Sarah Rodriguez, PhD, and Lisa Campo-Engelstein, PhD, related this evidence to contemporary responses to real or perceived fertility loss by male…
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