CancerCare teleconference: Young Women with Breast Cancer
December 3, 2008

Dr. Oktay will be participating in a live call-in workshop from 1:15-2:30 p.m. Eastern Time, titled, Young Women with Breast Cancer: Treatment-Specific Choice, Fertility & Careers. Visit the CancerCare website for more information.

IFP Press Release: Non-cancer patients are discovering FP, but more cancer patients need to hear about it -- especially from their doctors
November 24, 2008

Presenting at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in San Francisco, Dr. Oktay observed that non-cancer patients are discovering the opportunities that fertility preservation treatments offer them, and now represent the fastest growing segment of new FP patients. Which stands in marked contrast to an online report published the same week in the Journal of Adolescent Health that says some doctors are reluctant to discuss fertlity preservation with cancer patients.

Westchester Magazine: "Amazing Medical Breakthroughs"
November 2008 Issue

Dr. Oktay's revolutionary ovarian cryopreservation procedure is included in a summary of "Amazing Medical Breakthroughs" documented in Westchester Magazine. Ovarian cryopreservation is a vital treatment that allows breast cancer patients and other fertility preservation patients to freeze eggs and ovarian tissue for later use. Learn more about ovarian cryopreservation treatments offered at the Institute for Fertility Preservation.

Rethinking Fertility: Dr. Oktay on the Today Show
September 18, 2008

Dr. Kutluk Oktay is a central figure in this Today Show feature that profiles the revolutionary procedures being developed to help cancer patients preserve their fertility. The story documents three patients – a woman in her 30s, a 16-year-old, and a toddler – all of whom had ovaries removed and frozen in advance of cancer treatments to safeguard their future fertility options.

Dr. Oktay profiled in 'Medical Miracles' series on 'The Early Show'
August 5, 2008

IFP's Medical Director, Dr. Kutluk Oktay, was interviewed as part of a CBS series titled Medical Miracles where he discussed some of the early success that's resulted from his groundbreaking work to develop a safe fertility treatment to help breast cancer patients harvest eggs before cancer treatments. After watching the interview, a family who were patients of Dr. Oktay's wrote in:

"Dr. Oktay's fertility treatment not only protected my wife from dangerous hormones after breast cancer, but provided us with a
beautiful daughter and now twins! We owe so much to him and his
research. Other fertility centers will minimize the effects of
hormones on your cancer, and they will never bring up this option
because they don't offer it themselves. Take control and do the
research because it's your health and your family."
-Brandon & Heidi

Addendum: 'Medical Miracles' series on 'The Early Show'
August 5, 2008

In The Early Show segment linked above, another doctor questioned the results of Dr. Oktay's letrozole research. Dr. Oktay provided his verified data, and CBS posted Dr. Oktay's rebuttal on its website.

Dr. Oktay cited in NEWSWEEK fertility preservation story
July 28, 2008

Kutluk Oktay, MD, Medical Director at CHR's Institute for Fertility Preservation, is quoted in a NEWSWEEK article that discusses a growing awareness among cancer patients to understand their fertility preservation options before undergoing cancer treatments, which can include the potential to damage or even destroy reproductive capacity.

IFP research team reports new fp procedure to benefit breast cancer patients
June 3, 2008

An Institute for Fertility Preservation research team led by founder Dr. Kutluk Oktay announced the early success of an innovative method that will enable breast cancer patients to produce, harvest and cryopreserve their own eggs before undergoing potentially harmful chemotherapy.

Dr. Oktay receives SGI President's Award
March 26-29, 2008

Kutluk Oktay, MD, Medical Director of CHR’s Institute for Fertility Preservation, together with his post doc, Ozgur Oktem, MD, received the President’s Award of the Society for Gynecological Investigation for their research paper “FSH regulates granulosa cell mitosis through jun amino terminal kinase,” at the annual meeting of the society in San Diego.