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Despite Movember push, rates of incurable prostate cancer are rising as screening is abandoned

HN Summary: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian men (beside non-melanoma skin cancers), accounting for 22 percent of all cancers. Mirroring U.S. guidelines against PSA screening, uOttawa researchers find Canadian rates of incurable metastatic prostate cancer climbing and overall survival decreasing...
Oncology

Fertility preservation for patients with cancer

In patients of reproductive age who have cancer, fertility preservation for potential children in the future should be a high priority. A practice article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) describes the successful preservation of ovarian tissue in a young woman undergoing urgent...
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Oncology

Canada’s progress toward eliminating cervical cancer has stalled, new report warns

Five years after the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its global strategy to eliminate...
Oncology

Some cancer patients get heart damage during chemotherapy and some don’t: Here’s why

Two discoveries by U of A researchers open the door to new treatments that...
Oncology

Change in cancer care requires urgent action to strengthen oncology workforce, care delivery

Rapid advances in cancer treatment have benefitted many people, but urgent change is needed...
Research

Teaming up with patients and families for leading-edge stroke research

Hospital patients have long played a vital role in clinical trials by testing new...
Oncology

HPV-based screening can help eliminate cervical cancer

Implementing human papillomavirus (HPV)-based screening in British Columbia could eliminate cervical cancer in the...
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

Conversations are critical when it comes to breast cancer screening

By Brenda Wilson, Wendy Levinson and Jennifer Young October is breast cancer awareness month and...
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

Supporting Indigenous cancer patients

Without truth, there can be no reconciliation. That’s one of the messages Dionne Nolan is...
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

COVID-19 and its unintended consequences on cancer care

By Jaimie Roebuck There is no pause button for cancer. We have no ability to...
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

Number of cancer cases in Canada will increase in 2020 as population ages

As Canada’s population grows and ages, the cancer burden will remain high and even increase...
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

Managing ovarian cancer risk in women with BRCA1/2 genetic variants

A new review to help physicians manage the risk of ovarian cancer in women...
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

Research aims to identify resistance to breast cancer treatment

A simple test could improve the treatment odds of patients diagnosed with breast cancer,...
Oncology

Researchers discover genetic screening tool to predict healthy people at risk for leukemia

An international team of leukemia scientists has discovered how to predict healthy individuals at...
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Research study makes heart screening faster, more accessible using AI

A new study from researchers at UHN unveils an AI model to analyze data...
Education and Professional Development

Training that saves lives: Using simulation to strengthen teams and patient care

Over the past three years, simulation activity at Providence has increased by 30 per...
Education and Professional Development

A national leader in specialized training for nurse practitioners

HN Summary • Hamilton Health Sciences launched Canada’s first nurse practitioner fellowship in hematology, marking...
Research

Patient-led research aims to help others cope with dialysis

Life-saving kidney failure treatment needs to come with mental health care too, study shows. It...

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