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Dr. Teresa Woodruff Elected New President of the Endocrine Society
March 9, 2012
Congratulations are in order for Professor Teresa Woodruff, Director of the Oncofertility Consortium, on her election to the presidency of The Endocrine Society. The Endocrine Society was founded in 1916 and is the premier organization whose mission is to advance scientific discovery, medical practice and…
New Publication by Oncofertility Consortium Members Francesca Duncan, Jennifer Jozefik, Alison Kim, Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron and Teresa Woodruff.
February 29, 2012
Oncofertility Consortium members argue in a new journal article, entitled, The Gynecologist Has a Unique Role in Providing Oncofertility Care to Young Cancer Patients, that the gynecologist is in a unique position to join the oncofertility healthcare team in providing young cancer patients with up-to-date…
The Oncofertility Consortium is on Pinterest! Follow Us Today!
February 24, 2012
As many of you may already know, Pinterest is the latest social networking phenomenon where subscribers use a virtual pinboard to share information about themselves with their followers. Keeping with our committment to stay on top of the social networking scene, the Oncofertility Consortium is…
WATCH: 5 Year History of the Oncofertility Consortium
February 22, 2012
The Oncofertility Consortium was launched in 2007 with a grant from the National Institutes of Health and represents a nationwide, interdisciplinary, and interprofessional network of medical specialists, scientists, and scholars who are exploring the relationships between health, disease, survivorship and fertility preservation in young cancer…
New Publication: Improved Fertility Preservation Care for Male Patients With Cancer After Establishment of Formalized Oncofertility Program
January 26, 2012
Survival to reproductive age among men with cancer has steadily increased and yet cancer therapy and cancer itself may carry the risk of infertility. Since 2006, Northwestern University has used a formalized fertility preservation program with expedited fertility care. In a recent article published in…
New Publication from Oncofertility Consortium Members: Which Patients Pursue Fertility Preservation Treatments? A Multicenter Analysis of the Predictors of Fertility Preservation in Women with Breast Cancer
January 12, 2012
Oncofertility researchers Clarisa Gracia, Sanghoon Lee, Christopher Morse, and Jennifer Mersereau published a new article in Fertility and Sterility detailing the results of a study performed over five years. These researchers evaluated predictors of undergoing fertility preservation treatment (FPT) in 108 women with breast cancer…