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Fertility Preservation: It’s a Small World After All

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General
Tags: cryopreservation, Fertility Preservation, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Personal stories, Sperm Banking
Recently I dipped my foot into the real estate market and began looking for a place we could call home. I followed all the steps that most anyone else would: I hooked up with a real estate agent (*Todd), I began scouring all the listings…
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GiveForward Makes Fertility Preservation Possible

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, fundraising, GiveForward, infertility, insurance, Oncofertility, Sperm Banking, Surrogacy
It’s not uncommon for people to gift others with money on a birthday, or a graduation, at a wedding, etc.., but what about when people really need it? What about when people are in times of personal crisis?  Statistics show that 60% of all bankruptcies…
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Cancer, Fertility, and the Big “D:” Divorce

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: divorce, Embryo Banking, ethics, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, legal, Oncofertility, quality of life, social science
Fertility concerns rank high among newly diagnosed cancer patients of reproductive age. There are several options available to patients interested in preserving their fertility before treatment begins. An often selected choice among patients with a spouse or a committed partner is embryo banking. Embryo banking…
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Supportive Oncology for Comprehensive Cancer Care

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Introductions, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, allied health professionals, education, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, patient navigation, Prentice Women's Hospital, quality of life, supportive oncology
Yesterday I had the opportunity to tour the Supportive Oncology Suite with our Fertility Preservation Patient Navigator, Kristin Smith. The Supportive Oncology Suite is part of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University’s Maggie Daley Center for Women’s Cancer Care, located within…
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Family Planning Post-Cancer: Reproductive Options

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Categories: Blog, fertility, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Egg Banking, fertility, infertility, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Oncofertility, patient navigation, Sperm Banking, Surrogacy
Planning a family post-cancer can be a complicated process if a patient’s fertility was compromised during their cancer treatment. Depending on a cancer survivor’s prior treatment regime and subsequent fertility options, a number of family planning options may be available to them.  I spoke with…
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Smartphone Apps Provide New Tools for Cancer Care

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, oncology, smartphone apps
In today’s world, more and more professionals are relying on smartphone technology as part of their daily lives. Healthcare providers are no exception, with apps being designed in lieu of cumbersome pocket-guides to meet their diagnostic and medical information needs. In oncology, access to the…
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Cancer and Fertility Needs of the LGBT Community

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Across the United States this weekend, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) communities are celebrating the impact that LGBT people have on the world. Parades and other events from New York to Chicago to San Francisco commemorate the gay pride movement. The Oncofertility Consortium frequently hears…
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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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Young Cancer Survivors Connect Over Cocktails

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, education, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, patient navigation, quality of life, Sperm Banking
In March, we blogged about a survivorship event scheduled for April 7th at the Museum of Science and Industry entitled A Night at the Museum: An Evening for Young Adults Touched by Cancer and we’re back to report what an outstanding success it was! The…
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Repropedia: A reproductive dictionary for oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Introductions, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, Fertility Preservation, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Repropedia, Woodruff Lab
The Oncofertility Consortium often uses technical terms when discussing cancer and fertility preservation. In an effort to remove the jargon from reproductive science, Cathryn Smeyers, Program Manager of the Center for Reproductive Research, created Repropedia, which is what we link to on our blog when…
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Oncofertility Consortium at the 2011 Cancer Rights Conference

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Conference, Fertility Preservation, legal, Oncofertility, patient navigation
A cancer diagnosis often carries a number of legal issues, including insurance coverage, employment and taking time off work, access to health care and government benefits, etc… These legal issues can have a serious affect on an individual’s already compromised health causing stress and confusion,…
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Oncofertility Academy Student Receives Top Honors

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Awards, Be Wise, education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, PARS, Young Womens Leadership
Back in February, we blogged about one of our sister programs for the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) called, the Pennsylvania Academy for Reproductive Sciences otherwise known as the PARS program. Similar to OSA, the PARS program was started to teach high school girls about the…
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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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Chicago Celebrates National Cancer Survivor’s Day

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer Survivor's Celebration & Walk, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Personal stories, quality of life
On June 5th, the 18th Annual Cancer Survivors Celebration & Walk is taking place in Chicago, IL, at Grant Park. This leisurely, non-competitive 4 mile walk is a family-focused, community awareness event dedicated to bringing together cancer survivors, friends and family, and all those who…
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Best Practices in Fertility Preservation Communication

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, posthumous reproduction, Sperm Banking
The website, Get Inside Health: Your Exclusive Guide to Health and Well-Being, recently conducted an interview with Oncofertility Consortium member Gwendolyn Quinn, PhD, entitled “Preserving Fertility in Cancer Patients: Two Views.”  Dr. Quinn is a researcher at the Moffit Cancer Center and Research Institute as…
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Fertility Preservation across the Pond: Global Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility
Tags: Fertility Preservation, infertility, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility
The medical community has known for a very long time that chemotherapy is disruptive to reproductive function and that young women undergoing chemotherapy have a greater chance of entering early menopause. In the 1970s, two articles were published acknowledging these two issues: Depletion of Growing…
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The Oncofertility Consortium: Building the Bridge across Disciplines

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: education, Fertility Preservation, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, multidisciplinary, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, publication
The Oncofertility Consortium was developed with the insight that a multidimensional approach would be required to solve the intractable problem of fertility loss in young cancer patients. By bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds in basic science, the humanities and the social sciences, we could…
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Fertility Preservation Then, Now and Going Forward

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, Egg Banking, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, patient navigation
On May 16th, Richard Anderson, PhD, MD will be delivering an Oncofertility Virtual Grand Rounds entitled, “Female Fertility Preservation in Practice: Where We Are, and How We Got Here.” Dr. Anderson is a consultant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and a Professor of Clinical…
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Family Planning and Cancer

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, Gilda's Club Chicago, infertility, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Patient Navigator, Sperm Banking, Surrogacy
Planning to start a family can be an exciting and exhilarating time. Oftentimes people discuss issues along the lines of finances, space, school districts, career trajectory, etc… The logistics that will have an impact on whether or not you are ready for this next step…
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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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Deciding Your Future in Cancer’s Wake

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, fertility, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, education, Egg Banking, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, social science, Sperm Banking, Surrogacy
Young cancer patients who choose fertility preservation in the midst of a cancer diagnosis reveal their belief in a future for themselves and in their body’s ability to create life even when faced with death. Oncofertility technologies offer possibilities to cancer patients asking them to…
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Cryo 2011: Refining Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Conference, cryopreservation, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, ovarian biology, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Sperm Banking, Techniques
Many young cancer patients prior to treatment undergo fertility preservation applications that utilize cryopreservation techniques such as egg banking, embryo banking and sperm banking. On July 24th – 27th, the 48th Annual Meeting for the Society of Cryobiology will be held at the LaSells Stewart Center…
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Giving Thanks

By: Jacqueline Kestler -
Categories: Blog, General
Tags: cancer, Oncofertility
In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday upon us tomorrow, I asked people at the Oncofertility Consortium to tell me why they are thankful for fertility preservation. I received some very thoughtful and meaningful responses: I am thankful for fertility preservation because it demonstrates a…
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