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CAMPAIGN: Cancer Care (2022)
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One Small Step for Blood Cancer Patients, One Giant Step for Canadian Cancer Patients of All Stripes
Ostensibly, it’s a clinical trial of an immunotherapy for blood cancer patients with specific kinds of leukemia or lymphoma, for whom other treatments have not been successful. A good result could mean the difference between life and death for these patients and the importance of this trial for them cannot be overstated, as Owen Snider...
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Empower Yourself with the Facts on Ovarian Cancer and Advocate for Your Health
Peggy Pickett’s ovarian cancer journey was transformed when she found her empowerment. Peggy Pickett, 57, was leading a full and active life — working full-time at a job she loved, traveling, volunteering, knitting, playing guitar, and enjoying her family. In early 2012, she started feeling a strange pain on her upper right side. Being a...
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Virtual Cancer Care in a Post-pandemic World
The Canadian Cancer Society’s Centre for Cancer Prevention and Support represents a new opportunity to move research on virtual care into practice faster. The COVID-19 pandemic spurred unprecedented changes to how people access cancer care in Canada. Over just four days in March 2020, virtual care at Princess Margaret Hospital — Canada’s largest cancer centre...
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A Kidney Cancer Diagnosis Can Be Complicated and Overwhelming
Kidney Cancer Canada helps to inform patients and caregivers on necessary details about the disease and provides information and support to navigate through their cancer journey. Kidney cancer can be a silent disease. Often there are no symptoms until it’s advanced and found incidentally by ultrasound or scan. When diagnosed at a more advanced stage,...
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Advancements in HPV Screening and Immunization Could Eradicate Cervical Cancer in Our Lifetime
Cervical cancer is preventable with immunization and robust screening. Cervical cancer kills hundreds of Canadian women every year. With the right screening, immunization, treatment, and support, we could bring that number down to virtually zero. Almost all cervical cancers are caused by HPV, the most common sexually transmitted infection in Canada. And HPV is both...
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Breast Cancer Screening Has an Additional Line of Defence for Patients with Dense Breasts
Cancer screening has been disrupted in Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Ontario Health, during the first wave there was a significant decrease in screening in Ontario compared to the same period in 2019: A 97 percent decrease in screening for mammograms through the Ontario Breast Screening Program has been reported.1 In addition,...
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Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Sets Its Sights on the “Rarest Drug on Earth”
On a nuclear research campus in the Ottawa Valley, Canadian researchers spent decades quietly transforming the way we fight cancer. With Actinium-225, they’re about to do it again. If you haven’t heard of an isotope called Actinium-225, it’s for good reason. Even with an army of nuclear scientists at your disposal, you’d be hard pressed...
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National Denim Day Aims to Stem COVID-19 Ripple Effect
Doctors are bracing for a spike in breast cancer diagnoses. On May 10, help CURE Foundation raise funds for new medical imaging equipment in hospitals across Canada. In May 1997, CURE Foundation wanted to make it easy for Canadians to raise funds in support of the fight against breast cancer. Ever since, on the Tuesday...
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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: March to Get Screened
In honour of March being colorectal cancer awareness month, Colorectal Cancer Canada is highlighting important information for Colon cancer for patients across the country. Throughout the month of March, Colorectal Cancer Canada (CCC), the nation’s not for profit colorectal cancer patient organization, is launching its campaign: “March to Get Screened” in order to raise awareness...
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Did You Know? Pharmacists Play an Important Role in Oncology Research
Many pharmacist-led and CAPhO-supported research initiatives are contributing significantly to advancing cancer care in Canada. Canadians who are affected by cancer are generally supported by a whole team of health care professionals who work together to help both patients and caregivers through their cancer journey. Oncology pharmacy teams are an important part of that collaborative...