Welcome to RO1D Projects

An important aim of the Oncofertility Consortium is to build a new interdisciplinary field at the intersection of oncology and reproductive medicine. The creation of this new discipline and the eventual translation of its findings to the clinic raise significant issues regarding the social, ethical, and legal implications for patients with cancer and other serious diseases. Social science-based research is vital to understanding cancer patients’ concerns regarding fertility, and how patients, their families, and physicians make fertility-related healthcare decisions at the time of diagnosis.

Waiting to be Born: The Ethical and Legal Implications of the Generation from Frozen and Stored Pre-pubertal Ovarian Tissue

Understanding the ethical and legal considerations and implications associated with emerging Oncofertility technologies

 

A Shared Decision-Making Model: Informed Choice and Oncofertility Treatments

Examining how families facing pediatric cancer communicate and assess information in making treatment decisions 

 

Cancer Patients’ Concerns Regarding Fertility: Comparison by Social Status

Understanding the general patterns in fertility concerns and treatment choices of cancer patients based on social status and demographic characteristics

 

Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Oncofertility Treatment

Evaluating the economic factors, decision-making rules, and risk-benefit analyses of accessing fertility conserving options when the outcomes are not known

 

The Patient-Physician Interface: How Breast Cancer Patients Navigate Fertility Concerns and Treatment

Assessing how adult women diagnosed with cancer and their doctors discuss issues regarding fertility and make treatment choices, and how fertility impacts women’s lives after cancer