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Training the Next Generation in Oncofertility: Part 3

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, Laxmi Kondapalli, Oncofertility, University of Colorado, University of Pennsylvania
From left: Irene Su, Laxmi Kondapalli and Maureen Prewitt This is the final installment in a 3-part blog series featuring Oncofertility Consortium member, Laxmi Kondapalli, MD, MSCE.  In this post, we take a look at her current position at the University of Colorado and her…
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Factors Affecting Fertility Preservation: A New Study

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: breast cancer, clinical research, Fertility and Sterility, Fertility Preservation
A recent paper by Oncofertility Consortium trainee, Jayeon Kim, MD, indicates that certain women are more likely to undergo fertility preservation prior to cancer treatment than others. The authors, Jayeon Kim, Kutluk Oktay, Clarisa Gracia, Sanghoon Lee, Christopher Morse, and Jennifer E. Mersereau, found that…
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Training the Next Generation in Oncofertility: Part I

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, education, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Laxmi Kondapalli, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, ovarian biology, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Research, Techniques, University of Colorado, Woodruff Lab
Laxmi Kondapalli being interviewed by Dayle Cedars from Channel 7 news in Denver One of the many, if not one of the most, important aims of the Oncofertility Consortium and its emphasis on fertility preservation research and clinical care, is “training the next generation.” Not…
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Oncofertility 101: A New Course in Emerging Fertility Preservation Techniques

By: Francesca Duncan -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: clinical research, cryopreservation, education, Fertility Preservation, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Oncofertility 101, ovarian biology, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Techniques, vitro follicle growth, Woodruff Lab
By Francesca Duncan Most cancer therapies, while life-preserving, can threaten the future fertility of both males and females.  Fortunately, the menu of fertility preservation options is broad, and due to ongoing research efforts through the Oncofertility Consortium and around the globe, these options are ever-expanding. …
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The Role of OB/GYN in Comprehensive Cancer Care

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, Betty Kong, cancer, clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, Gynecologist, infertility, Northwestern University, Obstetrician, Oncofertility, patient navigation, publication, Robin Skory, teresa k woodruff, Woodruff Lab
What is the role of an obstetrician/gynecologist in cancer care for young women? When you think about cancer and cancer treatment, most likely you’re thinking of oncology and what line of defense will be taken against the cancer. A new article in Clinical Obstetrics and…
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Egg Donation: To Pay or Not to Pay?

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Bioethics, Cell Stem Cell, clinical research, Egg donation, ethics, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Nature, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Oncofertility, Research, social science
A recent blog post in the academic journal, Nature, explores a new report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (an organization in England that examines and reports on ethical issues in biology and medicine), suggesting that women who donate their unfertilized eggs to research deserve…
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Maggie Daley’s Legacy in Integrative Cancer Care

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, In the news
Tags: Advocate, cancer, clinical research, Fertility Preservation, Maggie Daley, Maggie Daley Center for Women's Cancer Care, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, quality of life, Richard M. Daley
Maggie Daley (center front) with Mayor Richard M. Daley, Ann Lurie, a Northwestern trustee and philanthropist, and Steve Rosen, M.D., director of the Lurie Cancer Center and of Cancer Programs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Photo by Nathan Mandell The recent passing of Maggie Daley, wife…
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Oncofertility in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Take 2!

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, cancer, clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, JAYAO, Oncofertility, social science
I’m excited to be writing about the second issue of the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (JAYAO) , the first cancer journal of it’s kind. This second issue is no small feat – many journals come and go and it takes a dedicated…
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Playboy, Cancer, and Fertility Preservation: Which One of These is Not Like the Other?

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, clinical research, cryopreservation, education, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Playboy, Sperm Banking
At the Oncofertility Consortium, it’s no secret that we believe in the importance of fertility preservation for young cancer patients – it’s what we’re all about. Research, education, advocacy, clinical care, you name it, we’re on top of it and constantly looking for ways we…
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Improving Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis

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Categories: Blog, General, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Current Oncology, publication
The journal, Current Oncology, recently published two articles on opposite ends of the cancer timeline-diagnosis and survival. The first article, “Health care strategies to promote earlier presentation of symptomatic breast cancer: perspectives of women and family physicians,” focuses on the problem that 20%–30% of women…
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Oct 1st: AWARE for All – Chicago Clinical Research Education Day

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news, Research
Tags: AWARE for All, clinical research, education, FIRST Registry, Institute for Women's Health Research, Northwestern University
So let’s talk about clinical trials. Has anyone out there ever participated in one or know of someone who has? Have you ever thought about participating in one, but held back because you didn’t have enough information about what it would entail?  A lot of…
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Penn Med Student Perspective on Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: clinical research, Conference, University of Pennsylvania
Last week, the 2011 Oncofertility Consortium Conference: Priorities for Sustainable Oncofertility Research and Patient Care, was held here in Chicago. One of the more than 150 attendees was a University of Pennsylvania medical school student, Katie Dillon, who works with Clarisa Gracia, MD, MSCE on…
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Ethical Implications of Investigational Fertility Preservation Research

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, clinical research, cryopreservation, Egg Banking, ethics, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Techniques
The goal of oncofertility is to preserve the future fertility of cancer patients and ensure they have reproductive choice after they’ve finished treatment. Not all methods of fertility preservation are considered “established” techniques meaning they are viewed as experimental and must be offered under Institutional…
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Teacher Education Programs Spread the Oncofertility Message

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, Institute for Women's Health Research, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, teachers, Woodruff Lab, Young Womens Leadership
Summer Teacher Fellowship Team (L-R): Mark Prosise (Curriculum Developer), Amy Elliott, Kari Bodine, Miranda Bernhardt (Lab Coordinator), Sowmya Anjur, Kristen Perkins (Curriculum Coordinator), Nadia Reynolds (Fellowship Coordinator); not pictured: Qurrat Waheed. Photo by Eugene Galdones. By Nadia Reynolds – The Oncofertility Summer Research Fellowship (OSRF),…
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Foundation for Women’s Cancer: Working to Eradicate Reproductive Cancers

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Categories: Blog, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, gynecologic cancer, ob/gyne
This year at American Society of Clinical Oncology Conference we met so many great advocacy groups who are invested in the cancer community whether through programming, research, outreach or education. Often we look to specific groups who specialize in a particular area of cancer care…
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A Personal Story of Preventative Ovarian Removal

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, clinical research, education, Egg Banking, fertility, Fertility Preservation, mastectomy, Oncofertility, oophorectomy, Personal stories
A few weeks ago, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference, I walked over to the Bright Pink organization’s booth to introduce myself. In doing so, I met a young woman manning the station as a volunteer for the organization and we hit…
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Oncofertility in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Fertility Preservation, infertility, legal, Oncofertility, social science
In the first volume of the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (JAYAO), a pioneering new cancer journal dedicated to the adolescent and young adult oncology population, an article by Oncofertility Consortium members Gwendolyn P. Quinn, PhD and Caprice A. Knapp, PhD entitled “Assessing…
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Cancer, Fertility and Environmental Implications

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, clinical research, environmental chemicals, Fertility Preservation, Institute for Women's Health Research
A rapidly expanding body of research indicates that many reproductive health problems and cancers may be caused by exposure to chemicals that are widely dispersed in our environment and which we come into contact on a daily basis. These problems include infertility and cancers of…
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Post Cancer: Pregnancy, Adoption, and Infertility

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, clinical research, education, Egg Banking, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, patient navigation, Surrogacy
Preparing to parent after cancer treatment can be both an exciting and a terrifying journey depending on what your experience with cancer was and what your current parenting options are.  A recent podcast entitled “Adoption or Infertility Treatment after Cancer,” broadcast by Creating a Family,…
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Breast Cancer & Oncofertility

By: Jacqueline Kestler -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, cancer, clinical research, Egg Banking, ovarian tissue cryopreservation
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! This week, The Washington Post shed light on a section of the health care reform law that directly impacts breast cancer research in young women in terms of desired outcomes and available funding.  Between 2010 and 2014, the law…
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How does Cancer Affect Your Sexuality?

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Categories: Blog, General, Research
Tags: Advocate, clinical research, quality of life
The Oncofertility Consortium advances the reproductive future of cancer patients by maintaining their fertility. However, cancer patients and survivors can also suffer from sexual health problems independent from fertility. Receiving a cancer diagnosis can significantly affect feelings of sexuality, especially in cancers of the sexual…
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Oncofertility on Eight Forty-Eight!

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Fertility Preservation, Institute for Women's Health Research, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, Woodruff Lab
Recently, WBEZ Chicago’s Eight Forty-Eight came to the Oncofertility Consortium to interview Dr. Woodruff about fertility preservation for cancer patients.  While the interview mainly discussed new techniques that will provide hope for cancer patients facing potential infertility, the interview also discussed the Illinois Women’s Health…
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