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Oncofertility Saturday Academy: Two Graduations in Two Weeks

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Categories: Blog, General, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Oncofertility Saturday Academy, Oregon OSA, OSA
The last two weekends saw graduation events from Oncofertility Saturday Academies more than 2,000 miles apart. On February 26, the academy based out of Oregon Health & Science University graduated 10 freshmen through senior high school students. The young men and women in the program…
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New Publication – Secondary follicle growth and oocyte maturation during encapsulated three-dimensional culture in rhesus monkeys: effects of gonadotrophins, oxygen and fetuin


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A new article by members of the Oncofertility Consortium identified conditions to improve non-human primate secondary follicle growth in a three-dimensional alginate matrix. The study, "Secondary follicle growth and oocyte maturation during encapsulated three-dimensional culture in rhesus monkeys: effects of gonadotrophins, oxygen and fetuin," found…
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Youngest Oncofertility Patient Receives Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, National Physicians Cooperative
Tags: Fertility Preservation, ovarian tissue cryopreservation
FAMILY TRAVELS TO RHODE ISLAND FROM OHIO FOR FERTILITY PRESERVATION FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL Having a child diagnosed with cancer is a parent’s worst nightmare.  But juxtaposing the knowledge that your child may survive, and then may never be able to naturally have children of her…
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True North Treks Hikes Into Cancer Survivorship

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: Advocate, quality of life
First Trek in Northern Montana Oftentimes young adult cancer survivors are referred to as being “lost in transition” when they finish treatment and enter survivorship. Important life events, milestones, and decisions such as fertility that many of us experience are either significantly interrupted or abandoned…
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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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Fertility Preservation Mandate Reaches California


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  On February 14, 2011, California state assembly member Anthony Portantino introduced legislation, AD 428, which would mandate that health insurance plans cover the cost of fertility preservation. The legislation would cover patients in California suffering from conditions whose treatment plans, such as chemotherapy, could…
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National Growth of Oncofertility Informal Science Education

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Categories: Blog, General, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Oncofertility Saturday Academy, Young Womens Leadership
The 2011 senior class of the Oncofertility Saturday Academy This past Saturday, 32 students from the near south side of Chicago were not hanging out at home or at the mall. Instead these juniors and seniors in high school were attending the fifth annual Oncofertility…
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New publication: Oncofertility and the Boundaries of Moral Reflection


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Paul Lauritzen Ph.D., and Andrea Vincini S.J., recently published Oncofertility and the Boundaries of Moral Reflection. The scholarship in Theological Studies reflects on advances in fertility preservation in relation to magisterial teaching. The authors focus specifically on ovarian tissue transplantation (OTT) and argue that this…
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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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Surrogacy: An Important Fertility Preservation Option for Cancer Survivors

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General
Tags: Fertility Preservation, hysterectomy, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Surrogacy
Often when we think of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the emerging field of oncofertility, we assume that this technology is available to all women of reproductive age following cancer treatment – that with some manipulation of eggs or embryos transferred back into a woman’s…
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Brain Tumor Community Rallies Around Website

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: Advocate
I recently had a conversation with Jill de Bartok, the program manager for patient services at the National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS), about their ever-growing programs. NBTS funds cutting-edge science and serves as a resource for researchers and medical professionals.  It also provides services for…
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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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Chemistry of Life Processes Institue Covers Increased Rates of Oncofertility Consultations


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Northwestern University’s Chemistry of Life Processes Institute recently highlighted the dramatic increase in fertility preservation consultations for young cancer patients through Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The institute, which promotes scientific advances by reducing traditional barriers between chemical, physical, engineering, and life sciences, discussed how the interdisciplinary mission…
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Pregnant with Cancer

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Categories: Blog, General
Most of the time, this blog focuses on the effects of cancer and its treatment on fertility. But what happens if you are already pregnant and then diagnosed with cancer? Suddenly you are not only focused on fostering your pregnancy but also saving your life…
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Emerging Treatments and Education for Blood Cancers

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Categories: Blog, General
Ten percent of all cancer cases are classified as blood cancers because they originate in the blood, bone marrow, or lymphatic tissue that frequently spreads to bone marrow. These cancers, which include leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, cause uncontrolled division and growth of abnormal blood cells…
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