National Women's Health Week

May 12 - 18

Saturday, May 18

NY, NY

May Awareness

Oncology Nursing Month

May 6-12 is

National Nurses Week

Lupus Awareness Month

Find out about

lupus and fertility

Happy

Mother's Day!

Mother's Day

can be difficult for

patients struggling with infertility.

Here are some

coping strategies.

RTL staff will continue

to offer

 Fertility Preservation presentations to

local cancer centers/organizations. 

If your organization is interested in hosting a presentation, please

contact Joy.

Thank you!!

May is Oncology Nursing Month, and ReproTech would like to thank all of the amazing oncology nurses who work so hard to care for cancer patients and to help their families cope with their loved ones' diagnoses.

As are so many people in this world, the lives of many RTL staff have been touched by cancer recently and over the years.  All of us at RTL appreciate the efforts and compassion that oncology nurses have shown us through the difficult times, and many special nurses will always be remembered in our hearts.

We also thank you for the education and referrals you provide for your patients who require Fertility Preservation services.  While the field of Oncofertility is definitely progressing within the U.S., we still have a way to go to educate all members of healthcare teams so that all patients are educated about Fertility Preservation. 

Thank you for doing your part to help in this effort.

Why You Can Never Thank an Oncology Nurse Enough

We are excited to welcome Generations Fertility Care at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to our Fertility Preservation Network. 

Generations Fertility Care offers Fertility Preservation services for cancer patients, including cryopreservation of sperm, embryos, oocytes (eggs), ovarian tissue and testicular tissue.  Generations participates in LiveSTRONG's Fertile Hope programs.

Thursday, May 16 at 6:30pm CDT - Generations offering a free seminar at their Middleton, WI location.  Physicians will discuss classic and modern approaches to fertility care and what works best for individuals. Opportunities for individual talks with the docs will be available.

Find out more.

  RTL's Director of Fertility Preservation, Joy, and her husband participated in Savannah's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on April 13. The perfect sunny day brought out over 5000 participants who raised over $200,000 for breast cancer research.  

Look for RTL- MN's Site Director, Jill, and Team ReproTech at the Twin Cities Race for the Cure on Mother's Day, May 12!

RTL is so proud of Kirsty, daughter of RTL-NV's Site Director, Danika, and the Northern NV Lady Aces softball team for their season long campaign to  CRUSH IT FOR CANCER. The 12 and under fast pitch team consists of girls from the Reno/Sparks area and will play in 10 tournaments throughout NV and CA through summer.  Each time team players bat, they donate to the Northern NV Children's Cancer Foundation donation jar. Other tournament players and supporters have gotten into the spirit and donations continue to be in full swing!

The team is coached by Danika's husband, Troy, who encourages the girls to give back to the community that supports them and enables them to play.  The team partnered with NNCCF over the holidays to give gifts to the patients and their families, they recently spent a Saturday afternoon feeding the homeless is downtown Reno, and are currently doing the CRUSH IT campaign.  WAY TO GO, Lady Aces!  Best of luck for the season and with your ongoing efforts! 

The Oncofertility Consortium will host the

2013 Oncofertility Conference:  Fertility and Cancer Around the Globe, on September 9-10 at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago, IL.

The conference is a must for those clinicians who work with newly  diagnosed cancer patients.  Whether you are new to oncofertility, or  interested in its exciting progress, the Oncofertility Conference provides a wealth of information.  Oncology staff:  the conference is THE  opportunity to talk with experts in the Oncofertility field. Navigators and social workers!  Find out the steps to start an oncofertility program at your center by talking with the Consortium staff who developed the field of Oncofertility.

Find out more about the Oncofertility Consortium

RTL staff attended the Spring Meeting of the The American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) last month in Tucson.  This meeting was especially exciting this year, as it had several presentations focusing on Fertility Preservation. This was the first year that AATB invited speakers to present on a topic in the reproductive medicine field.

Kyle Orwig, PhD and Hanna Valli presented on their team's research being done on preserving testicular tissue in prepubertal boys at the

University of Pittsburgh's Fertility Preservation Program.

Leah Kroon, RN, of Seattle Childrens' Hospital's Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program, presented on Fertility Preservation and its Options, Challenges and Strategies.

Thanks to these speakers for their terrific presentations.  It was truly gratifying to see the turnout they received for their presentations in the field of Fertility Preservation.

For more information on UPMC's Fertility Preservation Program or Seattle Childrens' Hospital's AYA Cancer Program, please contact Joy.

    Where in the

    World is ReproTech?

We hope to see you during some of our 2013 conferences.

May 15 - 17

Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers (APOSW) Annual conference, in Minneapolis, MN

June 5 - 7

Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW) Annual conference,

in San Diego, CA 

September 9 - 10

Northwestern University's Oncofertility Conference, in Chicago, IL 

November 15 - 17

Academy of Oncology Nurse Navigators (AONN) Annual Conference,

in Memphis, TN 

Halle Berry's Pregnancy: The Real Deal on Fertility in Your 40's 

How Sperm Became One of America's Hottest Exports 

USPSTF Draft Backs Breast Cancer Reducing Drugs When Risk is High 

Turkish Uterus Transplant Patient is Pregnant 

Mayo Clinc Study Finds No Fertility Drug, Ovarian Cancer Link 

FDA Approves Plan B OTC Emergency Contraceptive for Women 15 and Older