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August 19, 2020 / News

Pancreatic cancer – Promising Treatment for Deadly Cancer Blocked by Canadian Regulators

TORONTO, Aug. 19, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - While innovations in health care are spurring extraordinary advances in the treatment of malignant tumours, progress has been limited when it comes to the...
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August 14, 2020 / News

Lung cancer patients and caregivers anxious about their vulnerability to COVID-19

It's hard to think of a worse time to be a lung cancer patient than during a global pandemic. This situation provides many sources of anxiety: lung cancer patients are...
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August 14, 2020 / News

The devastating effect on cancer care of cancelling elective surgeries during the pandemic

The Canadian Cancer Survivor Network’s survey of cancer patients and caregivers across Canada has revealed the devastating effect of the cancellation of elective surgeries on cancer patients. The survey was...
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August 14, 2020 / News

Cancer patients and caregivers concerned about postponed and cancelled screenings during the pandemic

The cancellation and postponement of cancer screenings because of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused anxiety and distress for a significant number of cancer patients, pre-diagnosis patients, and caregivers across Canada,...
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July 31, 2020 / News

World Lung Cancer Day

World Lung Cancer Day was a campaign created by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) in 2012. Since then, FIRS and The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) have...
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July 22, 2020

How to Find Your Provincial Representative

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July 14, 2020 / Cancer Can't Wait

Cancer patients face double jeopardy with COVID-19

New survey reveals cancer care disruption in Canada has triggered another public health crisis OTTAWA, ON, July 14, 2020 /CNW/ - The results of a new survey released today by the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network (CCSN)...
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July 3, 2020

Open Letter to Premier Ford re Bill 175

Dear Premier: The Canadian Cancer Survivor Network (CCSN) is writing to express our concerns about Bill 175, Connecting People to Home and Community Care Act, 2020, and the impact it...
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June 11, 2020 / News

Have your say about lung cancer services!

Are you interested in sharing your experience with lung cancer to inform the provision of services to people lung cancer? Your help is needed to identify gaps in care and...
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June 5, 2020

Celebrating National Cancer Survivor’s Day

On Sunday, June 7, 2020, the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network marked the 33rd annual National Cancer Survivors Day® Celebration of Life - the day set aside each year to recognize cancer survivors, raise awareness of the ongoing challenges cancer survivors face because of their disease, and celebrate life.
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