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How Can Cancer Affect my Ability to Have Children?

Author image - Kristin N Smith By: Kristin N Smith -
Categories: Blog, General
Infertility, the inability to have children, should be a concern to men and women of childbearing age undergoing treatment for their cancer. Treatments like chemotherapy, radiation and surgery can all impact your fertility. Chemotherapy, while extremely effective at treating cancer, can cause damage to the…
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The Oncofertility Consortium celebrates National Lab Day!

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, General
In an effort to continue its goal of helping communities foster an environment that encourages children to pursue careers in the sciences, the Oncofertility Consortium and Woodruff Lab celebrated National Lab Day today by opening its doors to students from all over Chicago.  Students were…
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Teresa Woodruff to Deliver Brewer Lecture


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This week, Dr. Woodruff travels to the American Congress of Obsetetrical Gynecologists to deliver the John I. Brewer Memorial Lecture.  The title of her talk will be: Oncofertility: The Preservation of Fertility Options for Young People with Cancer. Find out more about ACOG and this year’s…
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The Oncofertility Consortium is at the forefront of a new era of scientific investigation: Team Science

By: Francesca Duncan -
Categories: Blog, Conferences, General, Research
Francesca Duncan, PhD ——– I was recently introduced to the formal concept of Team Science when I was fortunate enough to attend the First Annual International Science of Team Science Conference hosted by the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) on April 22-24,…
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Dr. Woodruff to present Grand Rounds at University of Iowa


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On Tuesday May 4, Dr. Woodruff will present two lectures for audiences in OB/GYN and Physiology at the University of Iowa Medical School. The first lecture for OB/GYN will be titled:Oncofertility:  Fertility Management for Young Cancer Patients The second discussion for Physiology is titled: New…
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Fertility in Male Childhood Cancer Survivors

Author image - Kristin N Smith By: Kristin N Smith -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Sperm Banking, Testicular Cryopreservation
A recent article published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology used research from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) to facilitate research on long-term survivors of cancer diagnosed in childhood and adolescence.   Specifically, the authors retrospectively looked at the fertility of male survivors of childhood cancer…
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Teresa Woodruff to address health journalists


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On April 23, Dr. Woodruff will participate in a panel discussion as part of the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists, taking place at McCormick Place in Chicago IL.  The topic of the panel is “Meeting the needs of cancer survivors” and…
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Getting Involved!

Author image - Kristin N Smith By: Kristin N Smith -
Categories: Blog, General
The Oncofertility Consortium is going to be participating in two amazing, outdoor charity fundraisers and we’d love for you to come too! The Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute is the official charity of the Magellan Development Chicago Spring Half Marathon and 10K this year on May 16th!  You…
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Congratulations to Dave Look!

By: Jacqueline Kestler -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
On April 13, 2010, Dave Look received the Northwestern University Information Technology (NUIT) Customer Champion Award based on his work with the Oncofertility Consortium and Dr. Teresa K. Woodruff.  Dave’s work is pivotal to the Oncofertility Consortium’s success, as he helps to develop and enhance…
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Dr. Min Xu receives award for outstanding research in Women’s Health


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Dr. Min Xu, MD, a member of the Oncofertility Consortium, was honored by the Women Faculty Organization at Northwestern University on April 8, 2010 for outstanding research on Women’s Health.  Dr. Xu’s presentation, entitled “In vitro oocyte maturation and preantral follicle growth from luteal phase…
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Wanted: women in research

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Categories: Blog, General
Women are still underrepresented in senior academic positions in science A recent editorial in Nature Neuroscience explores gender disparities in senior academic positions in science, noting the difficulties women face when climbing the academic ladder. Despite a growing number of women in the workforce (women…
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Teresa K. Woodruff receives Tripartite Legacy Award


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Teresa K. Woodruff spoke about Oncofertility and Translational research at the Feinberg School of Medicine’s annual Lewis Landsberg Research Days.  Dr. Woodruff’s lecture was entitled “The Bench to Bedside Story of Oncofertility“, and discussed the history of her research as well as the future of…
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Including Fertility Preservation Treatment: Consistency and Fairness in Insurance Coverage for Iatrogenic Conditions Resulting from Cancer Treatment

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, General
Tags: Lisa Campo-Engelstein
The Oncofertility Consortium® is excited to announce that one of our postdoctoral fellows, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, has published an article in the March 2010  issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The article, titled “Including Fertility Preservation Treatment: Consistency and Fairness in Insurance Coverage for Iatrogenic…
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Health Secrets: What Every Woman Should Know


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In February of 2010, the Oncofertility Consortium contributed to Chicago’s WTTW segment on Women’s Health called “Health Secrets: What Every Woman Should Know”.  Oncofertility was highlighted in their segment titled: Turning Points.  See the video here!
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Chicago Tribune Covers OSA Graduation

By: Candace Tingen -
Categories: Blog, General
Photo: Huge Galdones The Chicago Tribune has written up a piece about the most recent Oncofertility Saturday Academy class’s graduation. The article highlights some of the quotes from the inspirational and moving speeches that the girls gave and interviews some of the girls about what…
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Program opens girls’ eyes to science


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  By Kathy Peyton, Special to the Tribune March 17, 2010   After Keisha Barreto saw many of her relatives suffer serious health issues, she knew she wanted to be a doctor. “My mother has diabetes, my uncle died from heart problems and there is cancer in…
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Medill news covers the Oncofertility Saturday Academy


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  Story URL: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=157948Story Retrieval Date: 3/11/2010 10:44:29 AM CST Program piques young women’s interest in science careers by ALLISON STEVENSFeb 23, 2010 Tandra Giles knows how to take your vitals. She understands how cancer survivors can have children after chemo. Heck,
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Susan Barrett, PhD, to Present at NU Imaging Seminar


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On Monday (March 15), Dr. Susan Barrett from Dr. Teresa Woodruff lab will present “Imaging in vitro Growing Ovarian Follicles: A Necessity for Successful Fertility Preservation”. Details of the talk can be found here:www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/cif/flyers/100315-Barrett.pdf
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First Woman to Give Birth to Two Children From Single Ovarian Tissue Transplant

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: Fertility Preservation, infertility, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation
As recently reported in BBC News and Human Reproduction, a mother in Denmark has become the first in the world to give birth to a second child after an ovary transplant operation. Stinne Holm Bergholodt was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma at age 27 in March…
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