Worth the Wait: Supporting Young Adult Cancer Survivors on the Path to Parenthood With Mike Scherer
Expert Perspectives
By Keira Smith
Published
At this year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Mike Scherer, Founder of Worth the Wait, a charity aiming to help young cancer patients and survivors navigate their path to and throughout parenthood, shared his story and how he came to found this initiative.
Listen along to this podcast to learn more about:
- Some of the challenges that young adult cancer survivors face surrounding fertility
- Services and resources that Worth the Wait provide to help young cancer adult cancer survivors on their path to parenthood
- How Worth the Wait helps advocate for oncofertility within the healthcare system
- How to utilize Worth the Wait’s services and where to begin
- Advice for oncologists to better understand and support cancer patients and survivors—as well as oncologists themselves—about oncofertility and how Worth the Wait can help
- And more!
About Mike Scherer
Mike Scherer is the Founder of Worth the Wait, a nonprofit organization that helps young cancer patients and survivors navigate their path through infertility caused by treatment and embark on their journey to parenthood. Mr. Scherer’s passion is to help those affected by providing a network of resources to overcome any and all barriers caused by cancer to build a family.