Giving Tuesday
Thank you for your generous gifts on Giving Tuesday! We’re so grateful that you answered the call for local cancer support on Giving Tuesday, an important day for all good causes. Thanks to you and the community, we raised over $50,000 and are benefitting from a matching gift from Extend Pharmacy. Extend Pharmacy is a […]
A Salute to Our Volunteers: The Value of One, The Power of Many
Claudia Guidolin and Alain Lamoureux are two of the volunteers we are recognizing this year for National Volunteer Week. Every April during National Volunteer Week, Canadians take the opportunity to recognize and thank millions of volunteers for their contributions, from across the country. This year, National Volunteer Week will be celebrated April 18-24. Here at […]
The Flow Cytometer: One Step Closer to Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer
As researchers around the world race to discover new approaches to treating cancer, many believe the answer lies in tailoring treatment specifically to the individual patient, a practice called personalized medicine. Now, thanks in part to donors to the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation and The Ottawa Hospital, new possibilities for personalized medicine can be explored […]
Radon: What Does It Have to Do with Lung Cancer?
In July, the Canadian Cancer Society reported once again that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women in Canada. But with improving public education, prevention measures and awareness, why does lung cancer still present such a significant problem? A number of factors make lung cancer a challenge to […]
Why is Now the Best Time for You to Support Clinical Trials in Ottawa?
Dr. Shawn Malone, Radiation Oncologist at the Ottawa Hospital and an investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute stands outside his office where he conducts and evaluates clinical trials alongside a team of dedicated researchers. “We run a considerable number of clinical trials at the Cancer Centre, here at the Ottawa Hospital,” says Dr. Shawn […]
Revealed: The Secret Language of a Pathology Report
Jason Wasserman MD PhD FRCPC, co-creator of MyPathologyReport.ca is working with Cancer Coaches to help their clients easily interpret their pathology reports. “Your life could change depending on what I see on one of those slides behind me,” says Dr. Jason Wasserman, pointing at pathology slides in his office at The Ottawa Hospital. As a […]
A New Link Between Diet and Breast Cancer Treatment…What Does It Mean?
Did you know that every hour somewhere in the world, a discovery is made that helps us learn more about cancer? Well, researchers recently learned something new that could impact the way we treat the most common type of breast cancer. A team of top scientists has published their findings about a fascinating dietary link, and […]
What’s New In Local Oncolytic Virus Therapy?
The Cancer Foundation has long supported the work of local researcher Dr. John Bell and his colleagues, who over the last decade have made significant strides in using specially engineered viruses to treat different types of cancer. Thanks to the support of donors in Ottawa over the years, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) now […]
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 […]
