Bridging Cancer Survivorship and Menopause Care
CONNECTING CLINICIANS. EMPOWERING SURVIVORS. REDEFINING CARE.
The OncoMenopause Consortium is an education initiative of HERmedicine, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to advancing evidence-based women’s health. The Consortium brings together clinicians across disciplines and individuals with lived survivorship experience to close critical care gaps for those navigating menopause after cancer.
The number of cancer survivors—particularly younger survivors—is rapidly increasing. Most will go on to live long, full lives beyond their diagnosis. Yet too many encounter fragmented care and limited guidance when it comes to menopause and long-term survivorship health.
The OncoMenopause Consortium was created to change that.
Through expert-led education, multidisciplinary collaboration, and community, we support clinicians and survivors alike. Both clinicians and survivHERS may engage through free educational offerings, with optional paid membership available for those seeking expanded access, deeper learning, and ongoing connection. Together, these offerings help shape the direction, priorities, and impact of this shared effort to improve survivorship and midlife health after cancer
Our Mission
To empower and support individuals navigating menopause after cancer and the clinicians who care for them by providing evidence-based education, clinical resources, and community connections that improve quality of life and foster informed, collaborative conversations between survivors and clinicians.
What Is OncoMenopause and the OncoMenopause Consortium?
OncoMenopause is an emerging field of medicine focused on the intersection of cancer survivorship, menopause, and midlife women’s health. It recognizes that cancer survivors often face uniquely complex menopausal and long-term health challenges that cannot be fully addressed within traditional specialty silos.
For many women, cancer treatment accelerates or intensifies menopause through chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, ovarian suppression, surgery, or premature ovarian insufficiency. At the same time, menopause itself is a major physiologic transition associated with changes in cardiovascular health, bone health, cognition, sexual health, metabolic health, sleep, and quality of life. Cancer survivors frequently carry additional layers of complexity, including recurrence risk considerations, treatment-related toxicities, genetic risk, comorbid disease, and survivorship concerns that influence decision-making.
The OncoMenopause Consortium brings together expertise from medical oncology, internal medicine, primary care, gynecology, menopause medicine, endocrinology, sexual health, cardiology, psychiatry, survivorship medicine, and other specialties to provide integrated, evidence-based care for women navigating these overlapping issues.
At its core, the OncoMenopause Consortium is about helping clinicians and patients navigate difficult and nuanced questions, including:
Management of vasomotor symptoms, genitourinary syndrome of menopause, sexual dysfunction, sleep disruption, and cognitive symptoms in cancer survivors
The complex and evolving evidence surrounding menopausal hormone therapy after cancer
Long-term cardiovascular, metabolic, and bone health after cancer treatment
Risk stratification and shared decision-making in women with competing health risks
The impact of endocrine therapies and cancer treatment on quality of life and healthy aging
Evidence gaps, misinformation, and the need for multidisciplinary collaboration in survivorship care
The field of OncoMenopause recognizes that survivorship care is not simply about cancer surveillance. It is about supporting the long-term health, function, and quality of life of women living beyond cancer.
The OncoMenopause Consortium was created to advance this emerging discipline through multidisciplinary education, professional collaboration, clinical guidance, and research focused on the unmet needs of cancer survivors navigating menopause and midlife health.
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We Connect.
Bringing together oncologists, gynecologists, internists, endocrinologists, and allied health professionals to collaborate and share knowledge
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We Educate.
Providing clinicians and survivHERS with evidence-based guidance, practical tools, and accessible resources to support menopause and survivorship care.
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We Elevate.
Equipping clinicians and survivHERS with shared insights, coordinated strategies, and actionable knowledge to strengthen outcomes and improve care.
A Community for Clinicians and survivHERS
We bring together clinicians and survivHERS who share a common goal: improving care, understanding, and quality of life after cancer.
Clinicians can connect with peers, access expert-led education, and stay engaged in evolving conversations around menopause and survivorship care.
survivHERS can access trusted information, community programming, and opportunities to connect with others navigating similar experiences.
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