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July 14, 2016 / News

Study finds first evidence that PD-1 antibody could help men with metastatic prostate cancer

Restoring tumor-specific immunity is a treatment strategy that works well in melanoma and lung cancer patients. Now a new study out of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is reviving hope...
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July 13, 2016 / News

Skin cancer risk for freckly redheads equivalent to 21 years in sun: study

Having genes that give you red hair, pale skin and freckles increases your risk of developing skin cancer as much as an extra 21 years’ exposure to the sun, researchers...
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July 5, 2016 / News

Ontario doctors challenge ruling that would identify top OHIP billers

The Ontario Medical Association is seeking to overturn a landmark decision by the province’s privacy commissioner to release the names of top-billing doctors.   In addition, a group of about...
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July 5, 2016 / News

Nova Scotia doctors vote in favour of new contracts with province

Nova Scotia’s doctors have voted overwhelmingly in favour of two new contracts, Doctors Nova Scotia confirmed Wednesday.   Overall, physicians will see a two-year freeze on fees followed by a...
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July 5, 2016 / News

Uterine cancer risk higher for women with ?breast cancer gene? mutation

Women with a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, which is already linked to breast and ovarian cancers, also face a higher risk of a deadly type of uterine cancer, according...
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July 5, 2016 / News

B.C. eyes options that may be more accurate, accessible than Pap tests

As British Columbia rolls out new cervical cancer screening guidelines that say the procedure should begin later and take place less often, health experts in the province are already looking...
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July 5, 2016 / News

Scientists have started growing tumours in labs so they can learn to destroy them

  British scientists have started work on a revolutionary construction project: building a tumour from its basic biological components.   While the idea of building rather than destroying a tumour...
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June 30, 2016 / News

Bright’s Grove native sharing her experience with colon cancer on stage

  Dani Taylor feels like she's making up big time these days for being a “bratty” cancer patient.   The 26-year-old Bright's Grove native – who survived colon cancer and...
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June 28, 2016 / CCSN News

CCSN?s recent visit to Queen?s Park

Jackie Manthorne, CCSN president & CEO, paid a visit to Queen’s Park in late May to meet with several MPPs and other decision-makers to discuss issues related to cancer survivorship....
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June 28, 2016 / CCSN News

Launch of Lilly Oncology on Canvas 2016

While attending the 2016 conference of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology (CAPO) in Halifax May 11-13, CCSN president and CEO Jackie Manthorne and Mona Forrest, secretary of CCSN’s Board...
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