The Oncofertility Consortium
September 18, 2007 by Gabrielle
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Sounds like the name of a secret society or a collaboration of sinister characters one might find watching reruns of Alias or the X-Files. It is, in fact, a bold new initiative, funded by the National Institutes of Health, organized by Northwestern University that aims to protect the fertility of women who are undergoing radiation or chemotherapy.
Teresa Woodruff’s statement on www.kaisernetwork.org was music to my ears:
When a woman is diagnosed with cancer, the first priority is to save her life, Teresa Woodruff, chief of the Feinberg School’s new fertility preservation division, said. She added that although most women will survive, …read more




