We've posted some new recipe videos on our sister site, Foods that Fight Cancer! Produced by a nutritionist CCC patient support specialist Chana Cohen, in partnership with ELLICSR Kitchen, these videos offer instructions for easy, delicious meals designed with your health in mind. Watch the videos, try out the recipes, ...
The Ontario Cancer Research Institute (OICR) held a conference on Translational Research in Ontario on March 25th and 26th. The CCC had the opportunity to make a poster presentation entitled: A Stakeholder Charter for Patient and Patient Group and Patient Group Engagement in Cancer Clinical Trials. The authors of this ...
April is Diversity Month dedicated to celebrating and honouring all individuals that make up our community. From a health care perspective, acknowledging diversity is to address race/ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, income, education, and geographic location as important factors that contribute to a person’s ability to achieve good health. Cancer ...
Results from a systematic review published in JAMA Oncology found that maintenance chemotherapy following initial chemotherapy appeared to be more beneficial for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) than continuing a full induction chemotherapy regimen until disease progression. Systematic review: a review of a clearly formulated question that uses systematic ...
In the year 2000, my Mom’s world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer at the young age of 34. At the time of her diagnosis, she was a young vibrant mother of three kids, aged 8, 10, and 11. At a time when her life ...
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology Precision Oncology showed that liquid biopsy testing using blood or urine samples can help to determine the most appropriate treatment for colorectal cancer (CRC) in the early stages of metastasis. By detecting the presence or absence of residual cancer cells, liquid ...
Molecular profiling in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer has been named by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) its Advance of the Year. Significant improvements in GI cancers treatment and patient outcomes have come from the application of molecular testing of patients’ tumours. ASCO’s annual Clinical Cancer Advances report highlighted other ...
In 2006 I started Dress in Blue Day at my children's k-8 school. I had been diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer at the age of 41. Since I was the third parent at that school to be diagnosed under the recommended screening age, I thought why not start there ...
When I was 35 years old my sister was 45. She was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer. She was married and had three children. We spent just under two years looking after her as she underwent two surgeries and many chemotherapies. We travelled to New York for a second ...
Your physical, emotional and mental well-being are vital to your ability to care for someone else. Remember that self-care is not synonymous with being self-centered – self-care is essential to replenishing our energy and restoring our sense of well-being so that we can live well and continue to do what ...
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