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Save My Fertility. Increasing awareness of the reproductive and hormonal options for cancer patients. Feel free to use these slides in talks about SaveMyFertility! Let me know if you need any other slides about Oncofertility My best, Teresa Woodruff (tkw@northwestern.edu).
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SaveMyFertility Increasing awareness of the reproductive and hormonal options for cancer patients Feel free to use these slides in talks about SaveMyFertility! Let me know if you need any other slides about Oncofertility My best, Teresa Woodruff (tkw@northwestern.edu) A joint resource created by:
Why Create an App? • Approximately 140,000 Americans under the age of 45 are diagnosed with cancer each year. • While many patients have a good chance for survival, many risk losing their fertility as a result of cancer or its treatment. • Currently, less than 50 percent of cancer patients receive adequate fertility information before treatment. • The SaveMyFertility campaign developed provider and patient information materials that can be delivered via SmartPhone App or directly downloaded from the web.
What is SaveMyFertility? • An iSaveFertility iPhone App for health care providers that includes: • Quick reference guides with fertility risks and options for female, male, and childhood cancer patients • The ability to directly email patients educational fact sheets in English or Spanish. • SaveMyFertility.org is a web site that has provider guides and patient fact sheets that can be viewed and printed.
SaveMyFertility provides authoritative information to health care providers and the public to… Increase fertility options for cancer survivors
Referral Information • Download the iSaveFertility App from: • SaveMyFertility.org • The iPhone App Store • MyOncofertility.org • Hormone.org • Email oncofertility@northwestern.edu • Patients will be referred to the nearest provider that can meet their needs