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Gene mutation in blood-forming cells may improve cancer immunotherapy results

Researchers at UHN’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have found that inactivation of the TET2 (Tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 2) gene in immune cells improves the response of immunotherapy — a type of treatment that helps the immune system attack cancer cells — in certain cancer...
Oncology

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...

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Oncology

Fertility preservation for patients with cancer

In patients of reproductive age who have cancer, fertility preservation for potential children in...
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...
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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...
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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,...
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