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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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Oncofertility Consortium Patient Navigator, Kristin Smith, in the News


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As a patient navigator at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Kristin Smith guides newly diagnosed cancer patients through a hopeful process – preserving their future ability to have children in the face of life-saving, fertility-threatening treatments. Science in Society spoke…
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Repropedia: A reproductive dictionary for oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Introductions, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, Fertility Preservation, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Repropedia, Woodruff Lab
The Oncofertility Consortium often uses technical terms when discussing cancer and fertility preservation. In an effort to remove the jargon from reproductive science, Cathryn Smeyers, Program Manager of the Center for Reproductive Research, created Repropedia, which is what we link to on our blog when…
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Oncofertility Consortium at the 2011 Cancer Rights Conference

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Conference, Fertility Preservation, legal, Oncofertility, patient navigation
A cancer diagnosis often carries a number of legal issues, including insurance coverage, employment and taking time off work, access to health care and government benefits, etc… These legal issues can have a serious affect on an individual’s already compromised health causing stress and confusion,…
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Oncofertility Academy Student Receives Top Honors

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Awards, Be Wise, education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, PARS, Young Womens Leadership
Back in February, we blogged about one of our sister programs for the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) called, the Pennsylvania Academy for Reproductive Sciences otherwise known as the PARS program. Similar to OSA, the PARS program was started to teach high school girls about the…
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Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers features an article by Oncofertility Consortium members, Gwendolyn Quinn and Caprice Knapp


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“While the science of fertility preservation for adolescents with cancer is advancing, the social science research in this area is lacking. Specifically, there are only a small number of studies about the psychological reproductive concerns in the pediatric oncology population. These studies have provided groundbreaking…
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Oncofertility in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Fertility Preservation, infertility, legal, Oncofertility, social science
In the first volume of the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (JAYAO), a pioneering new cancer journal dedicated to the adolescent and young adult oncology population, an article by Oncofertility Consortium members Gwendolyn P. Quinn, PhD and Caprice A. Knapp, PhD entitled “Assessing…
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Chicago Celebrates National Cancer Survivor’s Day

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer Survivor's Celebration & Walk, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Personal stories, quality of life
On June 5th, the 18th Annual Cancer Survivors Celebration & Walk is taking place in Chicago, IL, at Grant Park. This leisurely, non-competitive 4 mile walk is a family-focused, community awareness event dedicated to bringing together cancer survivors, friends and family, and all those who…
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Best Practices in Fertility Preservation Communication

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, posthumous reproduction, Sperm Banking
The website, Get Inside Health: Your Exclusive Guide to Health and Well-Being, recently conducted an interview with Oncofertility Consortium member Gwendolyn Quinn, PhD, entitled “Preserving Fertility in Cancer Patients: Two Views.”  Dr. Quinn is a researcher at the Moffit Cancer Center and Research Institute as…
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Fertility Preservation across the Pond: Global Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility
Tags: Fertility Preservation, infertility, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility
The medical community has known for a very long time that chemotherapy is disruptive to reproductive function and that young women undergoing chemotherapy have a greater chance of entering early menopause. In the 1970s, two articles were published acknowledging these two issues: Depletion of Growing…
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The Oncofertility Consortium: Building the Bridge across Disciplines

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: education, Fertility Preservation, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, multidisciplinary, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, publication
The Oncofertility Consortium was developed with the insight that a multidimensional approach would be required to solve the intractable problem of fertility loss in young cancer patients. By bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds in basic science, the humanities and the social sciences, we could…
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Fertility Preservation Then, Now and Going Forward

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, Egg Banking, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, patient navigation
On May 16th, Richard Anderson, PhD, MD will be delivering an Oncofertility Virtual Grand Rounds entitled, “Female Fertility Preservation in Practice: Where We Are, and How We Got Here.” Dr. Anderson is a consultant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and a Professor of Clinical…
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Oncofertility and Womanhood in Muslim Communities

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Islam, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, religion
As you’ve seen in previous blog posts, we’ve discussed the religious implications of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in certain faiths and challenged ourselves to rethink oncofertility in the context of religious traditions. Through analysis and close examination, we can often discuss the challenges oncofertility poses…
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Oncofertility from the Perspective of a Physician

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility
Tags: ethics, Fertility Preservation, healthcare provider, infertility, National Physicians Cooperative
Addressing fertility preservation with a newly diagnosed cancer patient may seem like a daunting task for a healthcare provider, but studies show that cancer survivors who did not learn about fertility preservation options were more likely to feel distressed by this, impacting their quality of…
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Cancer, Fertility and Environmental Implications

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, clinical research, environmental chemicals, Fertility Preservation, Institute for Women's Health Research
A rapidly expanding body of research indicates that many reproductive health problems and cancers may be caused by exposure to chemicals that are widely dispersed in our environment and which we come into contact on a daily basis. These problems include infertility and cancers of…
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