TY - JOUR

T1 - Creating a Global Community of Practice for Oncofertility

AU - Ataman, Lauren M

AU - Rodrigues, Jhenifer K

AU - Marinho, Ricardo M

AU - Caetano, João P J

AU - Chehin, Maurício B

AU - Alves da Motta, Eduardo L

AU - Serafini, Paulo

AU - Suzuki, Nao

AU - Furui, Tatsuro

AU - Takae, Seido

AU - Sugishita, Yodo

AU - Morishige, Ken-Ichiro

AU - Almeida-Santos, Teresa

AU - Melo, Cláudia

AU - Buzaglo, Karen

AU - Irwin, Kate

AU - Wallace, W Hamish B

AU - Anderson, Richard A

AU - Mitchell, Roderick T

AU - Telfer, Evelyn E

AU - Adiga, Satish K

AU - Anazodo, Antoinette

AU - Stern, Catharyn

AU - Sullivan, Elizabeth

AU - Jayasinghe, Yasmin

AU - Orme, Lisa

AU - Cohn, Richard

AU - McLachlan, Rob

AU - Deans, Rebecca

AU - Agresta, Franca

AU - Gerstl, Brigitte

AU - Ledger, William L

AU - Robker, Rebecca L

AU - de Meneses E Silva, João M

AU - Silva, Lígia H F Melo E

AU - Lunardi, Franciele O

AU - Lee, Jung R

AU - Suh, Chang S

AU - De Vos, Michael

AU - Van Moer, Ellen

AU - Stoop, Dominic

AU - Vloeberghs, Veerle

AU - Smitz, Johan

AU - Tournaye, Herman

AU - Wildt, Ludwig

AU - Winkler-Crepaz, Katharina

AU - Andersen, Claus Y

AU - Smith, Brigid M

AU - Smith, Kristin

AU - Woodruff, Teresa K

PY - 2016/4

Y1 - 2016/4

N2 - Fertility preservation in the cancer setting, known as oncofertility, is a field that requires cross-disciplinary interaction between physicians, basic scientists, clinical researchers, ethicists, lawyers, educators, and religious leaders. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Oncofertility Consortium (OC) was formed to be a scientifically grounded, transparent, and altruistic resource, both intellectual and monetary, for building this new field of practice capable of addressing the unique needs of young patients with cancer. The OC has expanded its attention to include other nonmalignant conditions that can threaten fertility, and the work of the OC now extends around the globe, involving partners who together have created a community of shared effort, resources, and practices. The OC creates materials that are translated, disseminated, and amended by all participants in the field, and local programs of excellence have developed worldwide to accelerate the pace and improve the quality of oncofertility research and practice. Here we review the global oncofertility programs and the capacity building activities that strengthen these research and clinical programs, ultimately improving patient care.

AB - Fertility preservation in the cancer setting, known as oncofertility, is a field that requires cross-disciplinary interaction between physicians, basic scientists, clinical researchers, ethicists, lawyers, educators, and religious leaders. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Oncofertility Consortium (OC) was formed to be a scientifically grounded, transparent, and altruistic resource, both intellectual and monetary, for building this new field of practice capable of addressing the unique needs of young patients with cancer. The OC has expanded its attention to include other nonmalignant conditions that can threaten fertility, and the work of the OC now extends around the globe, involving partners who together have created a community of shared effort, resources, and practices. The OC creates materials that are translated, disseminated, and amended by all participants in the field, and local programs of excellence have developed worldwide to accelerate the pace and improve the quality of oncofertility research and practice. Here we review the global oncofertility programs and the capacity building activities that strengthen these research and clinical programs, ultimately improving patient care.

KW - Journal Article

U2 - 10.1200/JGO.2015.000307

DO - 10.1200/JGO.2015.000307

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 27284576

VL - 2

SP - 83

EP - 96

JO - Journal of global oncology

JF - Journal of global oncology

SN - 2378-9506

IS - 2

ER -