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Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Town Hall Meeting: The Promises and Myths of Breast Cancer Research

NMH: Posted on Friday, September 30, 2011 12:56 PM
Do you have questions about treatment options, family history, support services and fertility after cancer? 
This free, interactive discussion about breakthroughs in breast cancer is your opportunity to have your questions answered by experts from the Lurie Cancer Center, visit exhibits, and learn about local and national support services! 

Sunday, October 2, 2011
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. (Exhibits open at noon)
Arthur Rubloff Building, Thorne Auditorium
375 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago
(Corner of Chicago Ave.
Categories: Cancer Care/Self-Help, Cancer Information/Updates, Breast Cancer, Cancer and Fertility, CANCER EVENTS
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Fertility Still Possible for Many Male Cancer Survivors, Study Finds

NCI: Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:30 PM
Many male survivors of childhood cancer have long been thought to be sterile and, therefore, incapable of conceiving a child. But a new study suggests that conception and fatherhood may be possible for a substantial number of these men, through the use of a surgical procedure to retrieve healthy sperm combined with a form of in vitro fertilization (IVF).In the retrospective study, researchers from New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center showed that nearly 2 decades after cancer treatment, healthy sperm could be retrieved from the testicles of more than one-third of male cancer survivors who had a condition in which no viable sperm was detectable in their semen.
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Preserving Fertility While Battling Cancer

NCI: Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:36 PM
Dr. Neeraj Arora was a 25-year-old graduate student when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). His oncologist recommended aggressive chemotherapy and radiation, beginning immediately, to stem the rapid growth of the cancer.One day, waiting in the doctor’s office for his next round of chemotherapy, he happened to pick up a booklet about NHL treatment. Infertility, he read, was a common side effect of the regimen he was receiving.“My doctors somehow forgot to mention that,” Dr.
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