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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]