EPISODE · Dec 16, 2017 · 29 MIN
Dr. Google Calling MedAnswers: An interview with Alice Cresci
from The Onco'Zine Brief with Peter Hofland · host Peter Hofland
Alice Crisci is a cancer survivor. As part of her journey Crisci founded Fertile Action, a cancer charity established to ensure fertile people touched by cancer can become mothers. As a cancer survivor and a single mom who faced issues of infertility, Alice dealt with the challenges of figuring out how preserve her fertility so that one day she could have a child. Her need resulted in the founding of a non-profit organization – Fertile Acton – which provides Education and Advocacy, offering empowering education to patients and physicians, and help oncologists have specific fertility conversation with patients during the treatment planning phase Crisci founded Fertile Action a few weeks after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. At that time she was just 31-years-old. Crisci also launched MedAnswers, a digital health app that connects anonymous patients, to board certified experts in various medical disciplines for personalized question and answer sessions.
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Alice Crisci is a cancer survivor. As part of her journey Crisci founded Fertile Action, a cancer charity established to ensure fertile people touched by cancer can become mothers. As a cancer survivor and a single mom who faced issues of infertility, Alice dealt with the challenges of figuring out how preserve her fertility so that one day she could have a child. Her need resulted in the founding of a non-profit organization – Fertile Acton – which provides Education and Advocacy, offering empowering education to patients and physicians, and help oncologists have specific fertility conversation with patients during the treatment planning phase Crisci founded Fertile Action a few weeks after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. At that time she was just 31-years-old. Crisci also launched MedAnswers, a digital health app that connects anonymous patients, to board certified experts in various medical disciplines for personalized question and answer sessions.
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