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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on March 25, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(7):457-458; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn094
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Interdisciplinary Team To Tackle Fertility Issues in Cancer Survivors

Karen Ross

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Infertility related to cancer treatment is an important quality-of-life issue for the increasing number of young cancer survivors, but research in this area has been limited. Now, with a 5-year, $21.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, an interdisciplinary group has begun to explore some of the biological, social, ethical, legal, economic, and educational issues related to fertility after cancer treatment.

Every year, 140,000 people of reproductive age are diagnosed with cancer in the United States, according to the grant's principal investigator, Teresa Woodruff, Ph.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Unfortunately, the treatments that can prolong their survival—surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy—can also negatively affect . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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