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New Publication: Oncofertility and Gender Roles

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, General, Research
Tags: infertility, Lisa Campo-Engelstein
Investigators at the Oncofertility Consortium recently published a discussion on historical perceptions of infertility in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship. The authors, Shauna Gardino, Sarah Rodriguez, PhD, and Lisa Campo-Engelstein, PhD, related this evidence to contemporary responses to real or perceived fertility loss by male…
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Fertility Options AFTER Cancer

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: infertility, Surrogacy
We at the Oncofertility Consortium spend much of our time developing new techniques and options for young cancer patients who wish to preserve their fertility before undergoing cancer therapy. But what options are available to cancer survivors who did not undergo fertility-sparing treatments? Cancer patients…
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Fertility Preservation for Patients with Autoimmune Diseases

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General
Tags: Fertility Preservation, infertility, Sperm Banking
Patients with cancer and those in need in of stem cell treatments often risk losing their fertility in exchange for a clean bill of health. Fertility preservation options give these patients the ability to have children. Additional patients, such as those with autoimmune diseases, can…
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Stem Cell Transplants Increase the Need for Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General
Tags: Fertility Preservation, infertility
The mission of the Oncofertility Consortium is to advance and promote fertility preservation options for cancer patients. However, treatments for diseases besides cancer can also cause infertility. In particular, patients who undergo stem cell transplants can lose reproductive abilities from their treatments. A variety of…
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A Link Between Cancer Survival and Menstrual Period Loss

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Categories: Blog, General, Research
Tags: amenorrhea, cancer, infertility, New England Journal of Medicine
A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine shed some light on the link between chemotherapy and loss of ovarian function. The treatment of cancers, while lifesaving, can cause infertility in both men and women. Cancer therapy reduces fertility by affecting the ovaries. Chemotherapy and…
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Sperm Banked Kids: What are the Psychological Implications of Sperm Banking?

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General
Tags: Donor, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Sperm Banking
A few days ago, I posted a blog on the history and techniques of sperm banking. But what happens to the children born from this method? No studies currently examine the mental health of sperm banked offspring who were raised by their biological fathers. Instead,…
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Techniques in Fertility: Sperm Banking

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General
Tags: Fertility Preservation, infertility, Sperm Banking, stem cell transplant, Techniques
While much time and energy is spent investigating new techniques in female fertility preservation, the male side of things does not receive much attention. This is primarily because there is one quick and easy way for men to preempt medically induced infertility, that is, sperm…
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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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Topic of Oncofertility Summer Reading List: Global Perspectives on Reproduction

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Categories: Blog, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, clinical research, ethics, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Oncofertility, publication, Woodruff Lab
Every summer, Teresa Woodruff sends out a summer reading list to the people in her lab. Because there isn’t much of a global perspective on Oncofertility yet, this year’s theme is “Global Perspectives on Reproduction” to prepare, hopefully, to create partnerships with the World Health…
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Fertility and Sterility reviews Teresa Woodruff and Karrie Ann Snyder’s book

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Fertility Preservation, infertility, Oncofertility, publication
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine published a review of “Oncofertility: Fertility Preservation for Cancer Survivors” in the May 2009 volume of its journal Fertility and Sterility. Cover of the Oncofertility book reviewed by Dr. Jared Robins in the journal Fertility and Sterility Some exerpts…
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MyOncofertility Linked Through the Hormone Foundation

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Categories: Blog, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Oncofertility
The MyOncofertility Web site is now listed on The Hormone Foundation’s Web site in the “Useful Links” section, under the Public/Patients tab. The Hormone Foundation is a rich source of hormone-related health information and targets for not only doctors and organizations, but patients and the general public too.…
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Time Magazine quotes Feb. 26 NEJM article

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: clinical research, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, New England Journal of Medicine, Oncofertility, ovarian biology
On March 10th, Time Magazine published an article that mentioned Oncofertility Consortium members and research recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. A Hope to Prolong Fertility: Ovarian Transplants describes the choices faced by Stephanie Yarber. Yarber was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure at…
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What is the purpose of the Oncofertility Consortium?

Author image - Teresa K Woodruff, PhD By: Teresa K Woodruff, PhD -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, Fertility Preservation, goal, infertility, Lance Armstrong, vitro follicle growth
Cancer is now a disease with a variety of treatment options, which are leading to longer and more productive lives by survivors. Globally, there are 10 million people diagnosed with cancer.  10% of these newly diagnosed men and women are under the age of 45…
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