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By: Brigid Martz Smith - June 3, 2014

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In case you missed Dr. Woodruff’s interview last week on Chicago Tonight, you can watch it here: Ending the Gender Bias in Research. Thank you to Drs. Woodruff and Kibbe on their tireless work to promote the inclusion of females in all research, from cells…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - May 29, 2014

Categories: Blog, General

Dr. Teresa Woodruff, Director of the Oncofertility Consortium and Northwestern’s Women’s Health Research Institute will be featured on Chicago Tonight on WTTW, Channel 11, tonight at 7pm CST. Dr. Woodruff, along with Dr. Melina Kibbe from Northwestern Medicine, were driving forces behind the push for…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - May 13, 2014

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Registration is now open for the 2014 Oncofertility Conference (registration closed), Bench to Bedside: Oncofertility Advances in Males and Females which takes place September 22-23, 2014 in Chicago, IL. This year’s conference will attract more than 150 researchers, clinicians, advocates and trainees from around the…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - May 12, 2014

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The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University is proud to host a Cancer Survivors’ Celebration Walk & 5K on Sunday, June 1st in Chicago’s Grant Park. No pledges are required to participate and registration is open until May 30th. This wonderful event…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - May 9, 2014

Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, Introductions

Tags: Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, Introduction, Oncofertility

The Korean Society for Fertility Preservation The Oncofertility Consortium is pleased to announce another Global Partner in Korea: The Korean Society for Fertility Preservation (KSFP). Please see below information provided by KSFP in both English and Korean and review the Oncofertility Global Partners webpage to…

New Oncofertility Publication from the Colorado Oncofertility Program!

May 8, 2014

Categories: News

The Colorado Oncofertility Program has written an article which was published in the most recent volume of Journal of Cancer Survivorship. The article, “Seamless integration of clinical care and research in an innovative fertility preservation program: the Colorado Oncofertility Program model“, is written by Kiara…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - May 8, 2014

Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, General, Patient Stories

Tags: Advocate, AYA, cancer, Personal stories

UPDATE: NEW VENUE INFORMATION BELOW! The Oncofertility Consortium is pleased to spread the word about an upcoming Stupid Cancer Meet-up with founder and CEO (and a wonderful friend of the Oncofertility Consortium), Matthew Zachary. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, June 25th – read more below! Wednesday…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - May 7, 2014

Categories: Blog, Cancer, Communication, Education, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, Patient Stories, science

Tags: cancer, education, Fertility Preservation, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy 1f40

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is hosting a contest for songs and videos demonstrating the cutting edge science funded by the office of the director. The Oncofertility Consortium has two videos in the running and we’d love your support! To vote for our…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - May 6, 2014

Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Global Partner, Introductions, Oncofertility

Tags: Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, Oncofertility

The Oncofertility Consortium is excited to announce another Global Partner: The Cheil General Hospital (CGH) & Women’s Healthcare Center in Seoul, Korea! We had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Chanwoo Park last week at the Oncofertility Consortium offices here in Chicago, IL to discuss Global…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - May 1, 2014

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SHARE Cancer Support is hosting an educational event, Having Children After Cancer, on Wednesday, May 14th from 6:00-7:30pm EST. Dr. Diana Chavkin, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) specialist at Genesis Fertility and Reproductive Medicine, will discuss fertility preservation options before and after cancer treatment with a Q&A session to follow. This event is available…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - April 29, 2014

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The Oncofertility Consortium is happy to announce the translation of Repropedia into Portuguese. Repropedia is a reproductive dictionary created by an international team of scientists and clinicians led by investigators at Northwestern University. This site provides information on common reproductive science terms that can be…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - April 24, 2014

Categories: Blog, Education, Oncofertility, Research, science

Tags: cancer, clinical research, fertility, Fertility Preservation, publication

The Oncoferti 1f40 lity Consortium is pleased to welcome Dr. Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron as a guest blogger today. This is a blog post based on the article, Toward theoretical understanding of the fertility preservation decision-making process: examining information processing among young women with cancer by authors P.E. Hershberger, L. Finnegan,…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - April 22, 2014

Categories: Advocate, Blog, fertility, General, In the news

Tags: fertility, insurance, publication

Yesterday, the Huffington Post published an article outlining states that are ‘Fertility-Friendly’. The article, ‘State-By-State ‘Fertility Friendliness’ Ranking Show Wide Range’ was written by Resolve: The National Infertility Association in partnership with EMD Serono Inc., a biotech drug company that makes fertility treatments. While many…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - April 16, 2014

Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Communication, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility

Tags: Advocate, cancer, Fertility Preservation, insurance, Oncofertility, publication

Chapter 14 of Oncofertility Communication: Sharing Information and Building Relationships across Disciplines addresses an extremely important issue in healthcare, insurance coverage. The authors, Dr. Laxmi Kondapalli and Alice Crisci, wrote Incorporating Insurance Education into the Fertility Preservation Process to outline strategies that may facilitate access…

New Publication from Oncofertility Consortium Members – A small field for fertile science: the low visibility of reproductive science in high impact journals

March 31, 2014

Categories: News

The Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics recently published a report by Oncofertility Consortium® members, Francesca Duncan, PhD, Benjamin Derman, MD, and Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, entitled “A small field for fertile science: the low visibility of reproductive science in high impact journals”. This article assesses…

1f40 By: Brigid Martz Smith - March 28, 2014

Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Patient Stories

Tags: Advocate, AYA, cancer, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Personal stories, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center

Recently, Mashable featured Jenna Benn in a wonderful article: Wedding, Career, Chemo: When Cancer Derails the Millennial Dream. Jenna Benn is a patient of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at and a wonderful friend and supporter of the Oncofertility Consortium. Due to the…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - March 25, 2014

Categories: Blog, Cancer, children, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Patient Stories

Tags: cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Oncofertility, patient navigation, Personal stories

Today, we are honored to have another patient guest blogger; long-term survivor Colleen Cira. Read through her incredible story below and join the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center this evening, March 25, from 5-8pm for “Drinks with Docs (& Healthcare Providers)” at Bridge House…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - March 21, 2014

Categories: Blog, General

On April 9, 2014, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center will host a “Night of Humor & Healing” for young adult cancer survivors ages 16-40 years old at the famed Second City Theater. The evening will include dinner, drinks, networking, and a one-hour hilarious…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - March 19, 2014

Categories: Blog, Communication, Education, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research, Virtual Grand Rounds

Tags: clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research

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Educating Providers on Evidence-Based Medical Guidelines is a chapter of Oncofertility Communication: Sharing Information and Building Relationships across Disciplines where the authors, Lauren N.C. Johnson and Dr. Clarisa R. Gracia, outline previous medical paradigms and how they have changed to incorporate new evidence-based medical guidelines in…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - March 17, 2014

Categories: Blog, Education, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research, science

Tags: Fertility Preservation, publication, Research

Today we welcome Dr. So-Youn Kim from Dr. Woodruff’s Lab at Northwestern University as our guest blogger. Dr. Kim will review a recent article published by Dr. John C. Schimenti in Science 2014. ONE MORE STEP TOWARDS PRESERVING OOCYTE RESERVE By: So-Youn Kim, PhD According…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - February 25, 2014

Categories: Blog, General

We live in a digital age where more information is available at our fingertips than ever before. We now have access to information in a matter of seconds that used to take weeks to locate through time intensive literature reviews at the library. Chapter 12…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - February 20, 2014

Categories: Blog, General

Oncofertility Communication: Sharing Information and Building Bridges across Disciplines is divided into two parts. Part I is Communicating with Patients and Their Families and outlined in Chapters 1-10. Part II, Communicating with Healthcare Professionals, Stakeholders and the Public starts with Chapter 11, An Interprofessional Approach…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - February 18, 2014

Categories: Blog, Cancer, children, Communication, Education, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility

Tags: cancer, education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, publication

Oncofertility Communication: Sharing Information and Building Relationships across Disciplines devoted an entire chapter to the communication strategies and issues faced by oncology providers. Chapter 10 is entitled Fertility Communication to Cancer Patients: A Hematologist-Oncologist’s Perspective and is authored by Sara Barnato Giordano. As cancer treatments…

By: Brigid Martz Smith - February 14, 2014

Categories: Blog, General

Tomorrow, February 15, 2014, is International Childhood Cancer Day. A day devoted to the strength, courage and resiliency of children with cancer and their families. The International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) and the International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organizations (ICCCOI) represent pediatric oncologists…

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Repropedia now available in Portuguese!

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