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 ...

A specialized, nurse-led sexual health clinic for cancer patients is up and running at Regional Cancer Care Northwest. It is called the BLISS Clinic, which stands for “Balancing Life, Intimacy, Sexuality and Survivorship,” and it’s the first oncology nurse-led clinic ...

Lori Beth Vickery is among one of the first patients to participate in the new high risk breast screening program at Kitchener’s Grand River Hospital (GRH). In July 2011, the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) expanded to include women who are ...

At a brief ceremony on November 8th 21011, the partners in the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) Satellite Clinic at The Credit Valley Hospital unveiled a new sign to celebrate and recognize this initiative that provides certain aspects of ...

Cancer patients throughout Simcoe Muskoka will soon benefit from increased patient safety and quality as Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Barrie brings state-of-the-art robotic technology to its Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre. RVH is the first hospital in the country to ...

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”  This quote, penned by the late John Lennon, resonates with Carole Hanks.  Carole understands how easy it can be to get caught up in daily activities and dismiss ...

Grand River Hospital and the community have marked Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by “celebrating” local services that help kids live their everyday lives while undergoing treatment. The hospital’s KW Site was home to a flash mob to the Kool and the ...

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”  This quote, penned by the late John Lennon, resonates with Carole Hanks.  Carole understands how easy it can be to get caught up in daily activities and dismiss ...

Brain tumours are often very difficult for doctors to find. Current imaging techniques that find other types of cancer without difficulty still often can’t easily find brain tumours. That means many patients are diagnosed with brain cancer too late for ...