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Pediatric and Young Adult Cancer Patients and Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: clinical research, cryopreservation, education, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, omg2012, Oncofertility, publication, Research, Sperm Banking, Techniques
At the Oncofertility Consortium, we stress the importance of collaboration among clinicians, basic scientists, and the humanities in an effort to ensure that cancer patients have fertility options after treatment. This is no small feat, but the emerging field of oncofertility is constantly evolving as…
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New Study: Fertility Preservation Disparities in Women

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Research
Tags: Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
A retrospective study is being published today that gives us a better idea of the barriers to fertility preservation among women with cancer. In the study, about 1,000 women who were diagnosed with cancer between 1993 and 2007, were asked about their counseling on fertility…
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Fertility Preservation and African American Breast Cancer Patients

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: breast cancer, cancer, education, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Gwendolyn Quinn, infertility, Oncofertility, publication, quality of life, Research
As previous studies have shown, women diagnosed with cancer during their reproductive years often do not receive adequate consultation, and sometimes none at all, regarding the fertility risks of cancer or its treatment.  Fertility is a unique survivorship issue that young cancer patients face, which…
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Fertility, Premature Menopause and Quality of Life Concerns in Breast Cancer Patients

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: breast cancer, cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Oncofertility, publication, quality of life, Research, social science
Breast cancer is the number one cancer women are diagnosed with; however, the survival rate for young women diagnosed with cancer in its early stages has improved considerably over the last 20 years.  Today, many young women diagnosed with breast cancer can expect long-term survival,…
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The Gynecologist and the Fertility Preservation Continuum

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Gynecologist, Oncofertility, publication, Research
A cancer diagnosis can be daunting to put it mildly, but add to that potentially sterilizing chemotherapy and radiation regimes and a young cancer patient faces a future of uncertainty in terms of their fertility. Fertility preservation is an option which should be discussed with…
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Oncofertility Consortium at Northwestern University Pioneers Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, Dr. Julian Schink, Fertility Preservation, Kristin Smith, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, publication, Research, social science, Techniques
Fertility sparing procedures which were once infrequent and under utilized, are now more commonly performed in young men and women facing a cancer diagnosis. A recent article in the February issue of the American College of Surgeons Bulletin, entitled Gynecologic Oncology Surgeons Spare Patients’ Fertility,…
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February is National Cancer Prevention Month

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Education, General
Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer screening, education, National Cancer Prevention Month, ovarian cancer, quality of life, Research, skin cancer
Every month there is some sort of health observance serving as a reminder to people that care should be taken with our bodies, our health and our well-being. We’ve only got one shot at this so we better make the most of it, right?!  This…
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Cancer Smashers Visit the Woodruff Lab at Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center!

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer Smashers, education, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, OSA, Research, Woodruff Lab
In case you haven’t heard about the Cancer Smashers, you must continue reading and get to know this fantastic group of young people banning together to raise money to eradicate cancer. Let me begin by telling you who they are and what they’re all about.…
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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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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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Cancer Support Community: Improving the Standard of Care for Breast Cancer Survivors

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, General, In the news
Tags: Advocate, breast cancer, Cancer Support Community, education, Gilda's Club, Research, social science, The Wellness Community
The Cancer Support Community (CSC) was formed in 2009 by the the Wellness Community and Gilda’s Club.  Together, they offer both psychological and social support to individuals living with cancer.  CSC is committed to behavioral, psychosocial and survivorship research and training in an effort to…
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Non-Surgical Interventions for Female Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Research
Tags: cancer, Fertility Preservation, Research, rhesus
Baby rhesus monkey born during Dr. Zelinski’s study Over the past decade, women who are about to undergo sterilizing medical treatments have seen a dramatic increase in the number and success rates of methods to preserve their fertility. Women can now cryopreserve their ovarian tissue,…
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Oncofertility Summer Research Internships

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: alumni, fellowship, internship, Oncofertility, OSA, Research, summer, teachers, video
Oncofertility Summer Research Experience 2009 With support from the federal stimulus package Northwestern received from the National Cancer Institute, two teachers and two undergraduates gained hands-on experience in a working lab devoted to providing new fertility options for cancer patients! The money allowed Northwestern to…
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