“Remember, in helping the fight against cancer, you are battling the common enemy.” — Betty Caplan, first President and Founder of the Cancer Research Society In 1945, 12 friends came together with a resolution: that they would do what they could to help conquer cancer. Meeting quietly, then in one another’s homes, they determined that … Read more
“For the first time in history, we can target cancer cells while sparing the patient’s healthy cells. This means we can develop more effective and less toxic new treatments.” Dr. Noël Raynal and his team at CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal are looking at how drugs used to treat patients with heart failure can also protect … Read more
Twenty years ago, Dr. Patricia Tonin took part in an international effort to identify the two genes in women who are at high risk of developing hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. 20 years ago, a major breakthrough rocked the world of cancer research. With funding from the Cancer Research Society, Dr. Steven Narod and Dr. … Read more
“To leave something behind that helps save lives or make lives better is a great motivator when we’ve spent much of our adult lives in research.” Carolina Alfieri is working on concurrent projects at Montreal’s CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, including one that aims to build a human antibody to prevent the effects of Epstein-Barr, a … Read more
“We were luckier than our mother was 25 years ago, and I want to thank gene research and genetic testing for saving people’s lives, including ours.” Nathalie Dupont’s cancer journey began in 2018, with a pain she’d never experienced and a certainty that something wasn’t quite right. Within 24 hours, she was having an abdominal … Read more