Unlike many patients who develop cancer and require chemotherapy treatment right away, it was six years before Marie Nelson needed any medication or treatment for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. “I was very lucky,” says the 64 year-old retired school teacher.  “For ...

When cancers become aggressive and spread they are the most deadly. Unfortunately, little is known about how to stop this development. A new imaging platform developed by Lawson Health Research Institute’s Drs. Ann Chambers and John Lewis is providing insight ...

Just imagine...it might be cancer. The prospect of a cancer diagnosis is perhaps one of the most anxious times anyone could face. Cancer care can be fraught with diagnostic procedures, appointment and treatment delays, fear of the unknown and a complicated ...

Non-invasive imaging detects prostate cancer earlier than ever before, but can’t accurately distinguish between malignant and benign disease. According to Lawson Health Research Institute’s Drs. John Lewis and Len Luyt, a new molecular imaging probe could be the answer. Ghrelin is ...

A new initiative that is helping to raise awareness about breast reconstruction after a lumpectomy or mastectomy was recently celebrated at both Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) hospital campuses. National Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day, which was celebrated for the first ...

Despite years of research, about 2,500 Canadian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 1,700 Canadian women still die from the disease every year. A new pan-Canadian study led by the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) hopes to change this. ...

When people ask me to be a speaker, I never know what to talk about. Should I talk about me?  My illness?  My recovery?  My transplant?  OneMatch? Or, my mission in life?  Do I talk about people who have inspired ...

A few years ago, I never imagined I’d be writing about being a breast cancer survivor. But here I am doing just that. This December marks three years since I had my mastectomy. I sure didn’t expect that, at age 45, ...

When you have cancer, living a normal life can be a challenge. Treatment can take you away from your home and distance you from your loved ones. With the new addition of HDR brachytherapy, Durham Region residents who have cervical ...

Mark Wilson didn't have to have a medical degree to know that something was horribly wrong with him. The blood in his stool said it all. With a strong family history of colorectal cancer, Wilson assumed the worst and was prepared to ...