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. 2020 Nov:6:317-330.
doi: 10.1200/GO.22.00007.

Creating a Global Community of Practice for Oncofertility

Lauren M Ataman  1 , Jhenifer K Rodrigues  2   3 , Ricardo M Marinho  2   3   4 , João P J Caetano  2   3   4 , Maurício B Chehin  2   5 , Eduardo L Alves da Motta  2   5 , Paulo Serafini  2   5 , Nao Suzuki  6 , Tatsuro Furui  7 , Seido Takae  6 , Yodo Sugishita  6 , Ken-Ichiro Morishige  7 , Teresa Almeida-Santos  8   9 , Cláudia Melo  9 , Karen Buzaglo  10 , Kate Irwin  11 , W Hamish Wallace  12 , Richard A Anderson  13 , Roderick T Mitchell  12   13 , Evelyn E Telfer  14 , Satish K Adiga  15 , Antoinette Anazodo  16 , Catharyn Stern  17 , Elizabeth Sullivan  18 , Yasmin Jayasinghe  19 , Lisa Orme  19 , Richard Cohn  20   21 , Rob McLachlan  22 , Rebecca Deans  21 , Franca Agresta  17 , Brigitte Gerstl  16 , William L Ledger  21 , Rebecca L Robker  23 , João M de Meneses E Silva  24   25 , Lígia H F Melo E Silva  26 , Franciele O Lunardi  27 , Jung R Lee  28   29 , Chang S Suh  28   29 , Michael De Vos  30 , Ellen Van Moer  30 , Dominic Stoop  30 , Veerle Vloeberghs  30 , Johan Smitz  31 , Herman Tournaye  30 , Ludwig Wildt  32 , Katharina Winkler-Crepaz  32 , Claus Y Andersen  33 , Brigid M Smith  1 , Kristin Smith  1 , Teresa K Woodruff  1
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Creating a Global Community of Practice for Oncofertility

Lauren M Ataman et al. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

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.

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Map of countries (purple) represented in Oncofertility Consortium global partners network.
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Flow chart: becoming global partner. OC, Oncofertility Consortium.
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Oncofertility Consortium global partnerships model.
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Brazilian Oncofertility Consortium.
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Japan Society for Fertility Preservation.
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Portuguese Centre for Fertility Preservation.
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Korea National Fertility Preservation Network.
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Corrected and republished from

  • Creating a Global Community of Practice for Oncofertility.
    Ataman LM, Rodrigues JK, Marinho RM, Caetano JP, Chehin MB, Alves da Motta EL, Serafini P, Suzuki N, Furui T, Takae S, Sugishita Y, Morishige KI, Almeida-Santos T, Melo C, Buzaglo K, Irwin K, Wallace WH, Anderson RA, Mitchell RT, Telfer EE, Adiga SK, Anazodo A, Stern C, Sullivan E, Jayasinghe Y, Orme L, Cohn R, McLachlan R, Deans R, Agresta F, Gerstl B, Ledger WL, Robker RL, de Meneses E Silva JM, Silva LH, Lunardi FO, Lee JR, Suh CS, De Vos M, Van Moer E, Stoop D, Vloeberghs V, Smitz J, Tournaye H, Wildt L, Winkler-Crepaz K, Andersen CY, Smith BM, Smith K, Woodruff TK. Ataman LM, et al. J Glob Oncol. 2016 Apr;2(2):83-96. doi: 10.1200/JGO.2015.000307. Epub 2015 Dec 23. J Glob Oncol. 2016. Corrected and republished in: JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Nov;6:317-330. doi: 10.1200/GO.22.00007. PMID: 27284576 Free PMC article. Corrected and republished.

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