Patient Activation: Evidence Says Some Breast Cancer Patients Might Not Need Chemo
An extensive study has recently determined that most women with a common, early-stage form of breast cancer can safely skip chemotherapy without increasing their risk of cancer recurrence. The study focused on patients where the benefits of having chemotherapy weren’t entirely clear, for women with hormone-positive breast cancers that had not spread to the lymph […]
Having Courageous Conversations
Bonney Elliott, a Cancer Coach at the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, shares her insight on having some of life’s more difficult conversations with the people in your life when someone is facing cancer. As a Cancer Coach, it is a privilege to walk alongside people living with cancer and their loved ones as they deal […]
Virtual Cancer Coaching…There’s an App for That!
Thanks to an exciting new partnership, local patients will now be able to communicate with their Cancer Coach and manage their health more easily than ever before! In mid-May, the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation was finally able to announce the launch of the NexJ Connected Wellness digital health tool as an addition to our comprehensive […]
Combined Immunotherapies: The Path to a Cure
When Dr. John Bell and Dr. Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault of The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa recently tested a cure for triple negative breast cancer in mice, they discovered a strategy that could be effective in treating many different types of cancer in the future. It involves combined immunotherapies, a type of treatment where […]
Celebrating Milestones in Local Clinical Trials
The Cancer Foundation celebrates a grant to the Clinical Trials Office in 2016. For over a decade, the Cancer Foundation has been one of the only organizations funding our local Clinical Trials Office here in Ottawa, making sure that patients at our local hospitals always have access to the latest and most promising treatments. Since […]
Matching our Community’s Compassion
[header6]Subhas and Uttra Bhargava love their community, but one of the things they love most is its potential – they know Ottawa is home to some of the best doctors, researchers and innovators in the world.[/header6] Having watched many of their loved ones confront difficult illnesses throughout their lives, Uttra and Subhas have been extremely […]
Hot Tea for a cold January
[header5]January is HOT TEA Month, and we’re inviting you to have a cuppa tea for a cause! [/header5] For the entire month of January, we’ve partnered with Christine the Tea Lady of Steeped Tea to create unique, tea-inspired fundraising opportunities. So, while the snow is blowing outside in sub-zero temperatures, you can warm your hands […]
Introducing the Cookes: a family of Cancer Champions
[header5]No doubt you’ve felt it before: when cancer strikes close to home, you would do anything for the ones you love.[/header5] And that’s exactly what the Cooke family is doing. After a recent brain cancer diagnosis in their family, the Cookes got involved with the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation so they could support and enhance […]
She’s Saving Lives, One Step at a Time
EPIC WALK Ambassador Allison McBrine shares why she believes the event’s impact will extend far beyond its final year. [Photo: Rachel Gallipeau] Each year for nearly a decade, I’ve walked in the EPIC WALK. It has been one of my deepest passions. I am not a doctor or health professional. I don’t have any special […]
Volunteering ops that give back…and then some!
The Cancer Foundation has partnered with The Color Run, Spartan Race, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Oasis Montreal to offer exciting ways to give back this summer! [header4]The Color Run[/header4] 1. Become a Volunteer! For each volunteer that signs up on our behalf, the Cancer Foundation will receive $40 to support cancer care in […]
