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A View from the past into our collective future: the oncofertility consortium vision statement.

Authors :
Woodruff TK
Ataman-Millhouse L
Acharya KS
Almeida-Santos T
Anazodo A
Anderson RA
Appiah L
Bader J
Becktell K
Brannigan RE
Breech L
Bourlon MT
Bumbuliene Ž
Burns K
Campo-Engelstein L
Campos JR
Centola GM
Chehin MB
Chen D
De Vos M
Duncan FE
El-Damen A
Fair D
Famuyiwa Y
Fechner PY
Fontoura P
Frias O
Gerkowicz SA
Ginsberg J
Gracia CR
Goldman K
Gomez-Lobo V
Hazelrigg B
Hsieh MH
Hoyos LR
Hoyos-Martinez A
Jach R
Jassem J
Javed M
Jayasinghe Y
Jeelani R
Jeruss JS
Kaul-Mahajan N
Keim-Malpass J
Ketterl TG
Khrouf M
Kimelman D
Kusuhara A
Kutteh WH
Laronda MM
Lee JR
Lehmann V
Letourneau JM
McGinnis LK
McMahon E
Meacham LR
Mijangos MFV
Moravek M
Nahata L
Ogweno GM
Orwig KE
Pavone ME
Peccatori FA
Pesce RI
Pulaski H
Quinn G
Quintana R
Quintana T
de Carvalho BR
Ramsey-Goldman R
Reinecke J
Reis FM
Rios J
Rhoton-Vlasak AS
Rodriguez-Wallberg KA
Roeca C
Rotz SJ
Rowell E
Salama M
Saraf AJ
Scarella A
Schafer-Kalkhoff T
Schmidt D
Senapati S
Shah D
Shikanov A
Shnorhavorian M
Skiles JL
Smith JF
Smith K
Sobral F
Stimpert K
Su HI
Sugimoto K
Suzuki N
Thakur M
Victorson D
Viale L
Vitek W
Wallace WH
Wartella EA
Westphal LM
Whiteside S
Wilcox LH
Wyns C
Xiao S
Xu J
Zelinski M
Source :
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics [J Assist Reprod Genet] 2021 Jan; Vol. 38 (1), pp. 3-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 06.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Purpose: Today, male and female adult and pediatric cancer patients, individuals transitioning between gender identities, and other individuals facing health extending but fertility limiting treatments can look forward to a fertile future. This is, in part, due to the work of members associated with the Oncofertility Consortium.<br />Methods: The Oncofertility Consortium is an international, interdisciplinary initiative originally designed to explore the urgent unmet need associated with the reproductive future of cancer survivors. As the strategies for fertility management were invented, developed or applied, the individuals for who the program offered hope, similarly expanded. As a community of practice, Consortium participants share information in an open and rapid manner to addresses the complex health care and quality-of-life issues of cancer, transgender and other patients. To ensure that the organization remains contemporary to the needs of the community, the field designed a fully inclusive mechanism for strategic planning and here present the findings of this process.<br />Results: This interprofessional network of medical specialists, scientists, and scholars in the law, medical ethics, religious studies and other disciplines associated with human interventions, explore the relationships between health, disease, survivorship, treatment, gender and reproductive longevity.<br />Conclusion: The goals are to continually integrate the best science in the service of the needs of patients and build a community of care that is ready for the challenges of the field in the future.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1573-7330
Volume :
38
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
33405006
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-020-01983-4