Oncofertility Consortium Annual Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：本R13申请的目的是为Oncofertility Consortium年度会议提供资金。这次会议是此类会议中唯一的一次，旨在将杰出的研究人员、科学家、临床医生和患者联合起来，就新兴技术、研究和现实世界中癌症患者关注其生育能力的选择进行互动讨论。肿瘤生育联合会会议是一个充满活力和互动的聚会；与会人员来自基础科学、生殖内分泌学、细胞生物学、社会科学、伦理学、教育、法律、患者权益和宗教等领域。此外，还邀请患者和医疗保健提供者分享他们在癌症患者生育能力保存方面的亲密经验。我们在研究和教育方面的创新方法促使我们为年会之外的更广泛的受众提供新颖的教育材料，并且通过我们对会议的实时视频录制，任何感兴趣的人都可以在我们的网站上免费访问我们会议的演讲和活动。随着我们的事业继续蓬勃发展，我们仍然坚定地致力于我们最初的目标，即进一步推进研究、教育，并为患者和从业者提供获得知识、技术和治疗的机会。随着癌症幸存者人数的持续增长，我们努力为这一群体提供保留生育能力的选择，赋予他们知识，使他们能够控制自己的生殖未来。该资助申请将用于Oncofertility Consortium于2009年9月12日至13日、2010年12月、2011年12月和2012年12月举行的剩余四次年会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this R13 application is to fund the annual meeting of the Oncofertility Consortium. This meeting is the only one of its kind and serves the purpose of uniting prominent researchers, scientists, clinicians, and patients in an interactive discussion about emerging technologies, research, and real world options for cancer patients concerned about their fertility. The Oncofertility Consortium conference is a dynamic and interactive gathering; conference attendees span the fields of basic science, reproductive endocrinology, cell biology, social science, ethics, education, law, patient advocacy and religion. Additionally, patients and healthcare providers are invited to share their intimate experiences with fertility preservation for cancer patients. Our innovative approach to both research and education drives us to provide novel educational materials for the wider audience outside of our annual meeting, and through our live video-recording of the conference any interested individuals can access presentations and events from our meeting on our website, free of cost. As our enterprise continues to flourish we remain deeply committed to our original goals of furthering research, education, and opportunities for patients and practitioners alike to access knowledge, techniques and treatments as they become available. As the population of cancer survivors continues to grow, we strive to offer fertility preservation options to this cohort, empowering them with knowledge and enabling them to be in control of their reproductive future. This grant application is intended for the Oncofertility Consortium's four remaining annual meetings to be held on September 12-13, 2009, December 2010, December 2011 and December 2012. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Oncofertility Consortium meeting is an annual event that brings together a broad group of clinicians-in-practice, clinical investigators and research scientists and scholars to address issues associated with fertility needs after cancer. This grant will fund the annual meeting of this group.