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Some Thoughts on Judaism and Fertility after Cancer

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, cryopreservation, Judaism, ovarian tissue cryopreservation
Religion and oncofertility strive to maintain an open and mutually beneficial dialogue in order to meet somewhere in the middle.  Oddly enough, science and theology often overlap, albeit outside of the lab, so it’s important to bridge any gaps that may exist in the current…
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Ethical Implications of Investigational Fertility Preservation Research

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, clinical research, cryopreservation, Egg Banking, ethics, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Techniques
The goal of oncofertility is to preserve the future fertility of cancer patients and ensure they have reproductive choice after they’ve finished treatment. Not all methods of fertility preservation are considered “established” techniques meaning they are viewed as experimental and must be offered under Institutional…
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SHARE: Support Services for Women Affected By Breast or Ovarian Cancer

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Categories: Blog, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, BRCA, breast cancer, cancer, education, Fertility Preservation, ovarian cancer
Here at the Oncofertility Consortium Blog, it’s important to us that our readers who may be diagnosed with cancer or know someone that is, have a wealth of resources to tap into for support. A cancer diagnosis often leads to questions and concerns throughout the…
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Fertility Preservation: It’s a Small World After All

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General
Tags: cryopreservation, Fertility Preservation, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Personal stories, Sperm Banking
Recently I dipped my foot into the real estate market and began looking for a place we could call home. I followed all the steps that most anyone else would: I hooked up with a real estate agent (*Todd), I began scouring all the listings…
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Fertility Preservation for Endangered Species

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, General, Meetings
Tags: Conference, cryopreservation, Endangered
In this blog, Mary Zelinski, PhD continues her reports from the annual meeting of the Society for Cryobiology held in Corvallis, Oregon, July 24-27. In this post, she relay’s the findings of Dr. Pukazhenthi, on the importance of fertility preservation for endangered species. Read the first…
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GiveForward Makes Fertility Preservation Possible

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, fundraising, GiveForward, infertility, insurance, Oncofertility, Sperm Banking, Surrogacy
It’s not uncommon for people to gift others with money on a birthday, or a graduation, at a wedding, etc.., but what about when people really need it? What about when people are in times of personal crisis?  Statistics show that 60% of all bankruptcies…
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Cancer, Fertility, and the Big “D:” Divorce

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: divorce, Embryo Banking, ethics, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, legal, Oncofertility, quality of life, social science
Fertility concerns rank high among newly diagnosed cancer patients of reproductive age. There are several options available to patients interested in preserving their fertility before treatment begins. An often selected choice among patients with a spouse or a committed partner is embryo banking. Embryo banking…
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Reports from the 2011 Society for Cryobiology conference

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, General, Meetings
Tags: cryopreservation
A few weeks ago, this blog discussed some of the ins and outs of cryopreservation, or highly specialized freezing of tissues for long-term preservation, in oncofertility. Scientists in this scientific field and members of the Oncofertility Consortium recently attended a meeting on this technology and…
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Cancer Survivorship Programs: Beyond Treatment

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Children's Memorial Hospital, education, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Northwestern University, patient navigation, quality of life, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Survivorship
As a result of earlier detection and improved treatments, cancer survival statistics have dramatically increased. Some survivors may live with cancer as a chronic disease requiring periodic treatments, while others may go into long-term remission. As many survivors have learned, recovery is often not the…
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New publication in Psycho-Oncology Journal from Oncofertility Consortium members


Categories: News
Although educational materials provide a potentially effective method to convey critical information, the distribution of educational materials about fertility preservation is undocumented. Oncofertility researchers sought to determine the prevalence of providers’ distribution of fertility preservation materials to patients and to assess physician and practice characteristics…
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Teacher Education Programs Spread the Oncofertility Message

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, Institute for Women's Health Research, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, teachers, Woodruff Lab, Young Womens Leadership
Summer Teacher Fellowship Team (L-R): Mark Prosise (Curriculum Developer), Amy Elliott, Kari Bodine, Miranda Bernhardt (Lab Coordinator), Sowmya Anjur, Kristen Perkins (Curriculum Coordinator), Nadia Reynolds (Fellowship Coordinator); not pictured: Qurrat Waheed. Photo by Eugene Galdones. By Nadia Reynolds – The Oncofertility Summer Research Fellowship (OSRF),…
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Announcing a Partnership with the Cancer Knowledge Network

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: Current Oncology
One of the missions of the Oncofertility Consortium is to educate cancer patients, providers, and the larger oncology community. We have recently joined forces with a like-minded organization, the Cancer Knowledge Network, an affiliate of the journal, Current Oncology. Together, our organizations will promote advances…
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Supportive Oncology for Comprehensive Cancer Care

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Introductions, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, allied health professionals, education, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, patient navigation, Prentice Women's Hospital, quality of life, supportive oncology
Yesterday I had the opportunity to tour the Supportive Oncology Suite with our Fertility Preservation Patient Navigator, Kristin Smith. The Supportive Oncology Suite is part of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University’s Maggie Daley Center for Women’s Cancer Care, located within…
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Family Planning Post-Cancer: Reproductive Options

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Categories: Blog, fertility, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Egg Banking, fertility, infertility, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Oncofertility, patient navigation, Sperm Banking, Surrogacy
Planning a family post-cancer can be a complicated process if a patient’s fertility was compromised during their cancer treatment. Depending on a cancer survivor’s prior treatment regime and subsequent fertility options, a number of family planning options may be available to them.  I spoke with…
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This week: Oncofertility Consortium member, Mary Zelinksi, discusses fertility preservation with national media outlets.


Categories: News
At Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, researchers are testing a compound called sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), a naturally occurring molecule which has been shown to prevent germ cell death in mice receiving radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Oncofertility Consortium member, Mary Zelinksi, discusses this experimental treatment…
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