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Using CrossFit to stick it to Cancer
February 4th, 2019 Articles PHOTO : Carlo Pagano Ben, who is a father to two young children, was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the spring of 2016. Since then, the 42-year-old has found himself bedridden and hospitalized from chemotherapy treatments, …
Shared genetic marker offers new promise in targeting specific ovarian and lung cancers
February 4th, 2019 Releases Two new papers, published simultaneously in Nature Communications and led by researchers at McGill University and at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), offer promise that a drug currently …
Genetics and Oncology come together to offer faster genetic testing to ovarian cancer patients
November 19th, 2018 Articles In 2017, the Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada issued new recommendations for genetic testing of women diagnosed with High Grade Serous Ovarian cancer (HGSOC) – the most common type of ovarian cancer cases and the one …
RI-MUHC Team Wins Québec Science's 2018 People's Choice Award for Discovery of the Year
February 20th, 2019 Releases From L to R.: Dr. Lucy Gilbert, Director of the Women’s Health Research Unit at the Research Institute of the MUHC, and her colleague Dr. Kris Jardon, gyneco-oncologist and RI-MUHC researcher; are co-authors of the study …
Exemplary collaboration between the MUHC and the CISSS de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
December 19th, 2024 News Launched in 2017, the exceptional collaboration between the MUHC and the CISSS de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue (CIUSSSAT) as part of the RUISSS McGill was showered with praise and a prestigious award from the Programme québécois de …
The Lung Cancer Network: the MUHC demonstrates its leadership within the RUISSS McGill
December 5th, 2024 News On November 29, the RUISSS McGill held its fourth annual Lung Cancer Network Conference at St. Mary's Hospital Centre. Once again, the day was rich in sharing and exchanging success stories, and highlighted the various …