Health Insight
oncology
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Harnessing the Power of AI to Help Patients Live Longer
Pentavere’s DARWEN™ dramatically accelerates discovery of insights buried in hard-to-access clinical text to help healthcare providers make better treatment decisions
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Improving Outcomes by Treating Each Cancer as Unique
For a woman with dense breast tissue, a mammogram may not be the most effective means to test for breast cancer. Yet, for the majority of women a mammogram is the best option. This is a perfect example of the need for personalized options in oncology — and why the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research...
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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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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,...
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New Vaccine Helps Boost Immunity in Cancer Patients
A Canadian team is researching how we can strengthen the immune system of cancer patients to better protect them against COVID-19. For people living with cancer, COVID-19 has serious implications. Cancer patients’ immune systems are compromised, making them more vulnerable if they’re infected with the virus. It’s also difficult for those undergoing cancer treatment to...
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The Next Steps for Precision Oncology in Canada
Exactis Innovation is a pan-Canadian research network that accelerates biomarker-led clinical and translational research in areas of high-unmet medical need. Precision Medicine in Cancer Care The past decade has seen the emergence of precision medicine, a complicated method of cancer treatment in which different molecular variants found in tumours guide oncologists to the use of...
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Cancer Patients Need Access to Care Services
Safe and timely access to essential cancer care — including diagnostics, testing and treatment — must remain a top priority across Canada during any crisis. The Canadian Cancer Survivor Network (CCSN) recently conducted its second Léger survey on the disruption of cancer care in Canada during the pandemic. We learned that our community shares deep...
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Kidney Cancer Canada: By Patients, for Patients
Kidney Cancer Canada is a community of patients, caregivers, and health professionals who work together to support every Canadian touched by kidney cancer. Two patients, Deb Maskens and the late Tony Clark met accidently in a waiting room at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in 2006. They made a goal — to form a small...
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Ushering in a New Era of Cancer Care
With highly-trained specialists from the nuclear medicine field joining the cancer team, patients can be assured that every angle of attack is covered. Cancer is a many-faced beast and no two cancer patients are alike. It’s a complex problem, but researchers in Canada and around the world are bringing cutting-edge technology to bear in developing...