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Patient Activation: Evidence Says Some Breast Cancer Patients Might Not Need Chemo

By Cancer Foundation on June 18 / 2018

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An extensive study has recently determined that most women with a common, early-stage form of breast cancer can safely skip chemotherapy without…

Having Courageous Conversations

By Bonney Elliott on June 7 / 2018

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Bonney Elliott, a Cancer Coach at the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, shares her insight on having some of life’s more difficult conversations with…

Virtual Cancer Coaching…There’s an App for That!

By Cancer Foundation on May 23 / 2018

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Thanks to an exciting new partnership, local patients will now be able to communicate with their Cancer Coach and manage their health more easily…

Combined Immunotherapies: The Path to a Cure

By Cancer Foundation on April 26 / 2018

[ Cancer, Clinical Trials, News ]

When Dr. John Bell and Dr. Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault of The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa recently tested a cure for…

Celebrating Milestones in Local Clinical Trials

By Cancer Foundation on April 5 / 2018

[ Cancer, Clinical Trials, News, Research ]

The Cancer Foundation celebrates a grant to the Clinical Trials Office in 2016. For over a decade, the Cancer Foundation has been one…

Matching our Community’s Compassion

By Cancer Foundation on February 8 / 2018

[ Families, News ]

Having watched many of their loved ones confront difficult illnesses throughout their lives, Uttra and Subhas have been extremely active in supporting new ideas and promising…

Hot Tea for a cold January

By Cancer Foundation on December 7 / 2017

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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…

Introducing the Cookes: a family of Cancer Champions

By Cancer Foundation on August 9 / 2017

[ Cancer, Events, Families ]

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…

She’s Saving Lives, One Step at a Time

By Cancer Foundation on June 28 / 2017

[ Cancer, Events, Families, News, Uncategorized ]

EPIC WALK Ambassador Allison McBrine shares why she believes the event’s impact will extend far beyond its final year. [Photo: Rachel Gallipeau] Each…

Volunteering ops that give back…and then some!

By Cancer Foundation on June 2 / 2017

[ Events ]

  The Cancer Foundation has partnered with The Color Run, Spartan Race, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Oasis Montreal to offer exciting ways to give…