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Skin care - Sun awareness and melanoma
May 14th, 2009 Melanomas are becoming increasingly common, and perhaps more worryingly patients are becoming increasingly younger. Dr. Wang explains exactly what a melanoma is, how to recognize it and what to do about it. She also provides some important …
A group effort: the Cedars CanSupport 2007 Dragon Boat Race
January 9th, 2009 2007 ‘Rain or Shine’ Dragon Boat Race Video features interviews with: Sarah Cook (Sarah Cook Funds), Dr. Armen Aprikian (Director, MUHC Cancer Care Mission), Gwen Nacos (Founder - Cedars Cansupport) , Tom Philpott (MUHC) Matthew Smith …
Young adults with cancer relax and bond during Cedars CanSupport summer retreat
August 6th, 2015 Releases The first time Noémie Robidoux, 24, took part in Cedars CanSupport’s annual weekend retreat she had just finished a year of rehabilitation, after having had surgery for bone cancer. As an inpatient at the Montreal General …
A surprise advance in the treatment of adult cancers
January 11th, 2017 Releases Montreal – A team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has found an epigenetic modification that might be the cause of 15% of adult cancers of the throat linked to alcohol …
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month!
March 2nd, 2017 Releases In Quebec, colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men and the 3rdamong women. During National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, it is crucial to highlight the importance of early screening, …
Encouraging results for patients with aggressive brain cancer
March 23rd, 2017 Releases Montreal – Being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor is devastating news for patients and their loved ones. Whereas some types of tumor respond well to treatment, others such as glioblastomas – the most common and aggressive …
Hope, ethics and a young boy’s life
March 30th, 2017 Articles When all treatments failed and time was running short for a boy diagnosed with leukemia, his doctor teamed up with the MUHC pediatric Research Ethics Board to come up with a made-to-measure study that brought back hope. …
Volunteering at the Research Ethics Board: a rewarding commitment
March 30th, 2017 Articles “Over the last 15 years, I’ve read every single research protocol and every single consent form before the board meetings,” says Dr. Jane McDonald, who, until recently, was chair of the pediatric Research Ethics Board (REB), …
Cancer pain, the neglected symptom
May 1st, 2017 Articles The world of oncology has evolved considerably over the last two decades. Nowadays, patients can survive and live much longer, even with metastatic cancer. But at any stage of the disease, a cancer patient’s life is not without …
Searching for the “signature” causes of BRCAness in breast cancer
August 24th, 2017 By Tom Ulrich from the Broad Institute Breast cancer cells with defects in the DNA damage repair–genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 have a mutational signature (a pattern of base swaps — e.g., Ts for Gs, Cs for As — throughout a genome) known in …