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November 30, 2016 / CCSN News

CCSN Webinar: Precision Medicine in Oncology

Information: Cancer care is increasingly tailored to individual patients, who can undergo genetic or biomarker testing soon after diagnosis, to determine which treatments have the best chance of shrinking or...
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November 29, 2016 / CCSN News

Canadian Cancer Survivor Network Partners with CanniMed Ltd. for Medical Cannabis Education

Medical cannabis is increasingly becoming an option considered by patients to help manage symptoms related to current or past cancer treatment. But when patients weigh the pros and cons of...
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November 25, 2016 / CCSN News

Important New Cancer Treatments Approved by Health Canada Marred by Major Provincial Reality Disconnect for Patients

Below is a press release issued by the Save Your Skin Foundation in regards to how patient access to innovative new cancer treatments is seriously limited by provincial funding recommendations...
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November 24, 2016 / CCSN News

Help Support the CCSN on #GivingTuesdayCA

Canada has almost one million cancer survivors. With even a small donation, you are engaging in the movement to educate youth, individuals, and the public, on awareness of cancer and...
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November 21, 2016 / CCSN News

CCSN Webinar: Developing an Advocacy Toolkit

Information: After this webinar, you will:? Better appreciate the importance of utilizing key advocacy tools to effect change.? Understand the practical development and implementation of some of those key tools,...
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November 14, 2016 / CCSN News

CCSN Webinar: Engaing Your Local Political Representative

Information: In this webinar, you will learn:? The skills required to have effective in-person meetings with decision makers, including the development of their personal stories.? The step-by-step process of getting...
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November 8, 2016 / CCSN News

Some see art. Others see hope. Participate in the Lilly Oncology on Canvas Canada art program

Presented by Lilly Canada’s Oncology team, the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology and the Canadian Survivor Network, the Lilly Oncology on Canvas Canada art program honours the journeys people face...
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November 2, 2016 / CCSN News

CCSN Webinar – Drug Approval Bodies in Canada 101: The Elevator Length Pitch

Information: The webinar provides a broad conceptual blueprint of federal and provincial/territorial public health policy structures across Canada, describing the legal framework, government responsibility centres and their mandates for treatment access, with...
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November 2, 2016 / CCSN News

Submission to the Patented Medicines Pricing Review Board (PMRPB) by the Coalition of Concerned Patient Organizations

Table of Contents Introduction and Executive SummaryRole of PMPRBQuestion 1 – What does “excessive” mean?Question 2 – Role of international comparatorsQuestion 3 – Guidelines Section 85Question 4 – Range placementQuestion...
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October 28, 2016 / CCSN News

New Research Shows Canadian Lung Cancer Patients Are Disadvantaged Compared to Their US Peers and Shocking Trends Among Women

OTTAWA, Oct. 26, 2016 /CNW/ - Lung Cancer Canada (LCC) is pleased to share the third annual Faces of Lung Cancer report at a special stakeholder briefing session, being held in the...
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