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The Oncofertility Consortium launches YouTube Channel!
Mon November 28 2011

As we continue to have a presence in the social networking world, we thought it only fitting to launch the Oncofertility Channel on YouTube! Please visit this new and exciting channel to learn more about the Oncofertility Consortium® including highlights from this year's conference.  If you like what you see, then subscribe to our channel and tell all your friends!

New Study from Researchers at the Oncofertility Consortium Looking at Cancer-Related Fertility Issues
Thu November 17 2011

Oncofertility Saturday Academy parent program receives presidential award!
Wed November 16 2011

The White House announced on November 15, 2011 that it was honoring the Women's Health Science Program (WHSP) with a presidential award. WHSP was founded in 2007 to launch the first Oncofertility Saturday Academy and now encompases three additinal academies in Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, and the Physical Sciences. Read more about the award.

New publication on creating a continuum of care for young cancer patients
Tue November 15 2011

Oncofertility researchers Betty Kong, Robin Skory, and Teresa Woodruff recently highlighted the need to develop communication methods between medical specialists to better care for young women with cancer. The article, Creating a Continuum of Care: Integrating Obstetricians and Gynecologists in the Care of Young Cancer Patients, is published in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Introducing New Italian Translations for Myoncofertility.org Animations
Wed October 5 2011

Dormant Buds is an association founded based on the ideas of a fertility gynecologist who works at a public hospital.  After contact with dozens of patients who, because of aggressive therapies, lost the ability to have children, the doctor, along with the help of a group of volunteers, designed a reference website, www.gemmedormienti.it. In the Section "Domande," are Italian translations of the MyOncofertility.or

WATCH: Videos from the 2011 Oncofertility Consortium Conference are available online.
Thu September 29 2011

Videos from the 2011 Oncofertility Consortium® Conference are now available online. For those of you who couldn't join us and for those of you who did, but want to revisit some of the conference highlights, click on the link below.

Launch of the FIRST Registry on Fertility after Cancer
Sat September 24 2011

The Oncofertility Consortium® Is proud to annouce the launch of the FIRST Regsitry on fertility and reproductive health for women after cancer. We are recruiting female cancer patients and survivors who are within three years of their cancer diagnosis. Read more about how to participate in the registry.

New Oncofertility Logos Available for Download!
Fri September 23 2011

The new and improved Oncofertility Consortium® logos are now available online. Clinicians and researchers can now download them to use on brochures, presentations, and more! Download the logos.

Documentary Highlights First 5 Years of Oncofertility
Mon September 19 2011

The documentary, "A Roadmap for the Future: Inquiry, Discourse, and Innovation in the Oncofertility Consortium," has been released to the public. The short film first premiered at the Gala dinner of the 2011 Oncofertility Consortium® Conference last Monday and includes interviews with clinicians and researchers in cancer and fertility.

New Article Highlights Underestimation of Reproductive Impairment after Chemotherapy
Thu August 25 2011

A recent article, "Acute Ovarian Failure Underestimages Age-Specific Reproductive Impairment for Young Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Cancer," examined the reproductive impairment rates of young cancer survivors, using participants in the California Cancer Registry who had Hodgkin disease, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, gastrointestinal malignancies, and breast cancer.