The Oncofertility Consortium is grateful for the support of a number of sponsors for our upcoming Oncofertility Conference, Critical Conversations in Oncofertility: Pediatrics and Beyond.

Today, we’d like to highlight Goose Island Brewery for their sponsorship of our joint event with Critical Mass tonight from 5:30-7:30pm. Thank you for your support!

Dr. Anazodo, Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Center at Sydney Children’s Hospital in Australia, explained how big data can be used to track and improve fertility preservation procedures.

Dr. Smith, a reproductive urologist at UCSF, educated us on the impact of cancer treatment on male fertility and the growing need for male oncofertility treatments as childhood cancer survival rates continues to increase. As has been a theme today, Dr. Smith reviewed how alkylating agents are associated with the highest risk of azoospermia.

Dr. Su, of UCSD, gave an eloquent and stimulating lecture reviewing medical considerations in adolescents undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation for fertility preservation. Mature oocyte and embryo cryopreservation are established fertility preservation methods associated with high success rates. Dr. Su discussed how results of a case series demonstrating MII oocytes from premenarchal girls suggest that maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis may not be required for ovarian stimulation, though studies have not demonstrated live births following stimulation in premenarchal girls.