Health Insight
cancer & oncology
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Leveraging Canada’s COVID-19 Testing Engine to Transform Cancer Prevention
With all the new health care infrastructure the COVID-19 pandemic response has provided, could HPV screening and cervical cancer prevention be the natural next step? The past year and a half has been a battle, and one of the underappreciated victories has been the rapid and successful roll-out of a tremendous new capacity for molecular...
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Taking Control of Prostate Cancer
When you notice something different about your body — like a new growth or lump, increased fatigue, or dramatic weight loss — it needs to be checked out.
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Recruiting an Army of Immune Cells to Fight and Kill Cancer Cells
A Canadian team of scientists develop the first-of-its kind multicellular therapy to kill difficult cancers.
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#HeroPoseChallenge: How You Can Show Support for Children with Cancer
Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease of Canadian children. Around one in five children will not survive their diagnosis.
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Becoming a Stem Cell Donor: How Jahni Saved His Brother’s Life
AML is characterized by the replacement of normal blood cell production in the bone marrow with aggressively growing cancer cells.
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Making Myeloma Matter
Myeloma is the 2nd most common form of blood cancer. Nine new Canadians are diagnosed with myeloma every day, yet we are without a cure.
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Precision Oncology Trials Will Improve Outcomes for Canadian Cancer Patients
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to diagnosis of patients with more advanced cancers. Targeted treatments will help Canada tackle this challenge.
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Behind Every Person with Cancer is an Oncology Pharmacy Team
It takes several health care professionals working together to put cancer in its place. We take you behind the scenes to meet your oncology pharmacy team.
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Innovative Clinical Trial Brings Hope to Ovarian Cancer Patients
Ovarian cancer treatments need advancements with promising potential therapies, and clinical trials with immunological treatments are bringing hope. Ovarian cancer is one of the most serious of women’s cancers as most patients aren’t diagnosed until the disease has reached an advanced stage. Each year, roughly 3,000 Canadians are diagnosed with this life-threatening disease. Innovations in...
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How Servier Canada Is Pouring New Investment Into Cancer Care
As the world looks to the pharmaceutical industry for hope, Servier Canada is redefining itself as an ethical research leader with a broad mandate. When Chantal Boucher first left nursing for the pharmaceutical industry, her friends and colleagues questioned her decision of leaving her role as a front line worker, taking care of patients. But,...