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Launch of the 2012 Oncofertility Saturday Academies

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, fertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: education, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, Oregon OSA, OSA
It is only January and already the Oncofertility Saturday Academies (OSA) are off to a busy start. Last weekend, Mary Zelinski, PhD, who heads one of the Oncofertility Consortium’s research projects, launched this year’s Oregon academy at the Oregon Primate Research Center (ONPRC). A group…
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Cancer Smashers Visit the Woodruff Lab at Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center!

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer Smashers, education, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, OSA, Research, Woodruff Lab
In case you haven’t heard about the Cancer Smashers, you must continue reading and get to know this fantastic group of young people banning together to raise money to eradicate cancer. Let me begin by telling you who they are and what they’re all about.…
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Astrue v. Capato: The Supreme Court Covers Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, In the news
Tags: Fertility Preservation, legal, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Personal stories, Sperm Banking
This March, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about its first case on oncofertility. The case involves the Capato couple, a husband and wife from Florida who dealt with Mr. Capato’s diagnosis of esophageal cancer.  Prior to beginning cancer treatment, the Capato’s…
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Grand Rounds at the University of Illinois at Chicago: Legal and Ethical Implications of Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Grand Rounds, Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron, legal, Oncofertility, social science, UIC, University of Illinois at Chicago
In the next few weeks, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) will be hosting an exciting new Grand Rounds session with Oncofertility Consortium  member, Dr. Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron, as the guest speaker.  “Legal and Ethical Implications of Fertility Preservation: A Case Based Approach,” will take…
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Training the Next Generation in Oncofertility: Part 3

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, Laxmi Kondapalli, Oncofertility, University of Colorado, University of Pennsylvania
From left: Irene Su, Laxmi Kondapalli and Maureen Prewitt This is the final installment in a 3-part blog series featuring Oncofertility Consortium member, Laxmi Kondapalli, MD, MSCE.  In this post, we take a look at her current position at the University of Colorado and her…
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Factors Affecting Fertility Preservation: A New Study

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: breast cancer, clinical research, Fertility and Sterility, Fertility Preservation
A recent paper by Oncofertility Consortium trainee, Jayeon Kim, MD, indicates that certain women are more likely to undergo fertility preservation prior to cancer treatment than others. The authors, Jayeon Kim, Kutluk Oktay, Clarisa Gracia, Sanghoon Lee, Christopher Morse, and Jennifer E. Mersereau, found that…
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Training the Next Generation in Oncofertility: Part 2

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Categories: Blog, General
This is the 2nd in a 3-part blog series featuring Oncofertility Consortium superstar, Laxmi Kondapalli, MD, MSCE.  In this post, we focus on her time at the University of Pennsylvania. To read the 1st blog, click here. ———————— Knowing that she wanted to continue to…
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New Publication from Oncofertility Consortium Members: Which Patients Pursue Fertility Preservation Treatments? A Multicenter Analysis of the Predictors of Fertility Preservation in Women with Breast Cancer


Categories: News
Oncofertility researchers Clarisa Gracia, Sanghoon Lee, Christopher Morse, and Jennifer Mersereau published a new article in Fertility and Sterility detailing the results of a study performed over five years. These researchers evaluated predictors of undergoing fertility preservation treatment (FPT) in 108 women with breast cancer…
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Training the Next Generation in Oncofertility: Part I

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, education, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Laxmi Kondapalli, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, ovarian biology, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Research, Techniques, University of Colorado, Woodruff Lab
Laxmi Kondapalli being interviewed by Dayle Cedars from Channel 7 news in Denver One of the many, if not one of the most, important aims of the Oncofertility Consortium and its emphasis on fertility preservation research and clinical care, is “training the next generation.” Not…
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Oncofertility 101: A New Course in Emerging Fertility Preservation Techniques

By: Francesca Duncan -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: clinical research, cryopreservation, education, Fertility Preservation, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Oncofertility 101, ovarian biology, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Techniques, vitro follicle growth, Woodruff Lab
By Francesca Duncan Most cancer therapies, while life-preserving, can threaten the future fertility of both males and females.  Fortunately, the menu of fertility preservation options is broad, and due to ongoing research efforts through the Oncofertility Consortium and around the globe, these options are ever-expanding. …
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The Role of OB/GYN in Comprehensive Cancer Care

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, Betty Kong, cancer, clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, Gynecologist, infertility, Northwestern University, Obstetrician, Oncofertility, patient navigation, publication, Robin Skory, teresa k woodruff, Woodruff Lab
What is the role of an obstetrician/gynecologist in cancer care for young women? When you think about cancer and cancer treatment, most likely you’re thinking of oncology and what line of defense will be taken against the cancer. A new article in Clinical Obstetrics and…
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New Paper from Oncofertility Consortium Members: Effect of Infertility Treatment and Pregnancy-Related Hormones on Breast Cell Proliferation in vitro


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Breast cancer development involves a series of mutations in a heterogeneous group of proto oncogenes/tumor suppressor genes that alter mammary cells to create a microenvironment permissive to tumorigenesis. Exposure to hormones during infertility treatment may have a mutagenic effect on normal mammary epithelial cells, high-risk…
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Giuliana Rancic, Infertility Treatments, and Breast Cancer

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, In the news, Research
Tags: BRCA, cancer, publication
A few days ago, we posted a blog about Giuliana Rancic’s personal experiences this year, first with infertility treatments, and then with a breast cancer diagnosis. Her story caused people to ask if her infertility treatments were related to her breast cancer diagnosis. Simultaneously, this…
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Egg Donation: To Pay or Not to Pay?

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Bioethics, Cell Stem Cell, clinical research, Egg donation, ethics, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Nature, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Oncofertility, Research, social science
A recent blog post in the academic journal, Nature, explores a new report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (an organization in England that examines and reports on ethical issues in biology and medicine), suggesting that women who donate their unfertilized eggs to research deserve…
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Oncofertility Saturday Academy Pioneers Bioethics Education: Part 2

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Categories: Blog, General
Last week I had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Laurie Zoloth regarding the bioethics program embedded in the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) curriculum.  During our conversation, we also touched upon religion and how that factors into the bioethics portion of the OSA program that…
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