By: Brigid Martz Smith -
Congratulations to Francesca Duncan, PhD and her fellow authors in their featured article for the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology! This National Physicians Cooperative article, Pediatric and Teen Ovarian Tissue Removed for Cryopreservation Contains Follicles Irrespective of Age, Disease Diagnosis, Treatment History, and Specimen Processing Methods, supports OTC as a promising fertility preservation modality in the young female population as primordial follicles were observed in ovarian tissue from all participants examined, despite population and tissue heterogeneity. This article is an important product of collaboration among multiple National Physicians Cooperative sites with wonderful leadership by Dr. Duncan.