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Congratulations to the Women Survivors Alliance
August 23, 2013
Congratulations to the Women Survivors Alliance on their first ever National Women’s Survivors Convention – September 22-24, 2013. There are more than 7 million women cancer survivors in the United States who traveled the journey from healthy lives through cancer diagnoses and treatment. But their…
Oncofertility Consortium Member, Laxmi Kondapalli, MD, MSCE, Speaks at NIH Cancer and Pregnancy Symposium
August 8, 2013
Members of the NIH organized and co-chaired a symposium on Cancer and Pregnancy: Considerations Regarding the Use of Chemotherapy in Arizona this past June at the 53rd annual meeting of the Teratology Society. ONcofertility Consortium member, Laxmi Kondapalli, MD, MSCE, was invited to speak on the panel as an oncofertility…
ASCO Updates Fertility Preservation Guidelines
June 5, 2013
To help doctors give their patients the best possible care, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) asks its medical experts to develop recommendations for specific areas of cancer care. In 2006, ASCO developed recommendations for fertility preservation for people with cancer. These recommendations were…
Oncofertility Program Gives Hope to Young Cancer Patients Desiring Families
May 30, 2013
Through oncofertility specialists, patients are now being counseled about options available to help maintain fertility prior to cancer treatment. Today, oncologists at the University of Colorado Cancer Center are referring patients of childbearing age to its new Oncofertility Program led by Laxmi Kondapalli, MD, MSCE.…
Oncofertility Consortium Member, Laxmi Kondapalli, MD, MSCE, Making News
May 28, 2013
In 2011, Oncofertility Consortium member, Laxmi Kondapalli, MD, MSCE, started Colorado’s first fertility preservation program for cancer patients at CU School of Medicine. Recently, Dr. Kondapalli was featured in CU’s philanthropy magazine, Creating Futures, at a fundraising event she hosted entitled, Cocktails for a Cure at…
The Oncofertility Consortium Reaches 1,000 Followers on Twitter
April 22, 2013
The Oncofertility Consortium is proud to announce that we have reached over 1,000 followers on Twitter! If you have not already, please follow our posts on the popular social media site, www.twitter.com/oncofertility. Not only do we post about cancer and fertility related basic science and…