Research informs care—and care informs research
Over the last 5 years, MOHCCN-funded projects have brought precision oncology and new hope to patients nationwide. The lessons learned along the way are informing care for the future, creating a virtuous cycle of growth.
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🔬 Tracking how glioblastoma evolves to outsmart treatment 🔬
With a MOHCCN Clinician-Scientist Award, Dr. Ana Nikolic found that DNA regulatory regions change predictably as tumours recur, revealing how GBM resists therapy.
Read the full Q&A to learn more about this project: tinyurl.com/ms8tzemt
Hear from investigator, Parsa Bagherzadeh on how AI can automate the reporting process for surgical pathology results, correctly identifying features for faster decisions on treatment options.
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🦠Could the microbiome help determine how patients respond to immunotherapy?🦠
MOHCCN Clinician-Scientist awardee Dr. Bertrand Routy has identified a lung bacterium that may promote tumour growth and impact treatment response.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/muddje4n
June is Cancer Immunotherapy Month.
Immunotherapy is one of the most promising areas of oncology research today and could transform how cancer is treated.
TFRI invests in world-class immunotherapy research to help advance life-changing discoveries.
Learn more: www.tfri.ca/about-cancer...
One project funded by @marathonofhope.bsky.social used #ML to analyze imaging, clinical and genomic data to accelerate #precisiononcology for melanoma.
www.marathonofhopecancercentres.ca/our-research...
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🧫 What if doctors could test cancer drugs on a patient's tumour before choosing a treatment? 🧫
Read the full Q&A with Dr. Robert Grant to learn how organoid-based drug testing could help improve treatment options for pancreatic cancer patients: www.marathonofhopecancercentres.ca/impact/news-...
May is Cancer Research Month
Terry Fox believed research could save lives.
That’s why TFRI provides funding to world-class cancer research and initiatives like the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network and the Digital Health & Discovery Platform.