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Worth the Wait Advocates at International Oncology Conference
The ASCO annual meeting is widely considered one of the largest and most prestigious cancer research conferences in the world. Not only did Worth the Wait attend, but we were selected to have an ASCO-sponsored booth in the patient advocacy area. More than 40,000...
Worth the Wait Develops Oncofertility Education for AYA Patients
Worth the Wait's first oncofertility education project is complete. We created this educational flyer to inform young cancer patients about their risk of cancer-related infertility. Please let us know if you know of an oncology practice that would like to display a...
Worth the Wait Advocates for Cancer Patients in Ohio
Worth the Wait Co-Founders, Mike and Megan Scherer advocated at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Day at the Ohio Statehouse. They teamed up with other patient advocates and survivors including, Diane Crawford, Founder of non-profit, The Crawford Crew,...
Co-Founder Presents at FDA Conference on Oncofertility
Worth the Wait Co-Founder, Mike Scherer served as a patient advocate at the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) mini-symposium on oncofertility. As a patient advocate speaker on this panel, featuring renowned reproductive physicians, he shared his experience with...
Worth the Wait in Cure Magazine
In the spring edition of Cure Magazine, Lillian Dugan, Program Director for Dear Jack Foundation, is interviewed about fertility and cognition challenges for adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients and survivors. We're honored that she mentioned Worth the...
Worth the Wait Shares Patient Perspective
Worth the Wait Co-founders, Mike and Megan, recently told their personal story of cancer and infertility and talked about the challenges and disparities of young adult cancer survivors pursuing parenthood to a group of executives and scientists in Denver in February....
Special Fertility & Healing Event for Colorectal Cancer Patients
Worth the Wait is co-hosting a two-part webinar called Resources and Reflection on Fertility in Colorectal Cancer (CRC) with nonprofit partners Elephants and Tea and COLONTOWN. Session 1: February 5 at 1pm EST/2pm CST/3pm MST/4pm CST Session 2: February 12 8-9:30pm...
Marlee Shares her Story in My Life Matters Magazine
Marlee, proud new mom to Maryellen, is one of our first-ever grant recipients. Her story of breast cancer survivorship is so powerful and we're proud that she was able to share it in Tigerlily Foundation's Faith over Fear edition of My Life Matters magazine.
2023 Impact Report
2023 was a great of tremendous growth for Worth the Wait. Check out the impact of our work below. Thanks to our generous donors, advisors, corporate partners and nonprofit friends.
Dr. Wendy Vitek: Questions Young Cancer Patients Should Ask About Fertility
Today we’re going to explore the questions to ask your doctor re: fertility when you’re diagnosed with cancer as an adolescent or young adult. Megan Scherer, co-founder of Worth the Wait, interviewed Dr. Wendy Vitek, a reproductive endocrinologist and oncofertility...
Introducing Jeep Off Cancer
Worth the Wait is excited to announce its first-ever Jeep Off Cancer fundraiser. Join us for an exclusive off-road Jeep experience for the first 250 Jeeps to register. There will be a Show and Shine with trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd places, and best overall Jeep, best...
Elephants and Tea Features Mike’s Story
Elephants and Tea, a magazine written for and by the adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer community selected Mike Scherer's article called Worth the Wait to be published in their December 2023 edition. Read it here.