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Michelle Harwood Awadalla Lab Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) BC Cancer Foundation Department of Molecular Genetics, U of T Rachel Murphy CANSSI Ontario STAGE U of T Data Sciences Institute (DSI) Canadian Partnership Against Cancer 🚨 Happening now! What makes some individuals age and remain healthier and live longer compared to those who develop a disease earlier on? Join Dr. Michelle Harwood and Umaimah Zanif at today's CanPath trainee research webinar. Tune in now to learn more: bit.ly/CanPathTrainee…
Do #anxiety and #depression affect our risk of cancer?
An international research project used Ontario Health Study data to investigate possible links between depression, anxiety and certain cancers.
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Read this week's cancer research news roundup, featuring news on London Health Sciences Centre, OICR Genomics and more!
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#cancerresearch #pancreaticcacner #clinicaltrials #genomics #cervicalcancer #immunotherapy #AI #lungcancer
Dr. Michelle Harwood, who recently completed her PhD at Department of Molecular Genetics, U of T and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) in the Awadalla Lab asks how allele-specific expression may contribute to healthy aging, disease progression, and treatment outcomes.
.OICR Genomics and their collaborators Princess Margaret Cancer Centre are using the latest technology to deliver crucial genomic information for patients in clinical trials and to help develop the next generation of precision treatments for cancer.
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Ontario’s decision to expand eligibility for #breastcancer screening will save lives: Dr. Martin Yaffe talks about the evidence for starting regular mammograms at age 40 instead of 50.
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Catch the latest news in cancer research in this week's roundup: mailchi.mp/oicr/news-roun…
#cancerresearch #AI #cervicalcancer #clinicaltrials
Ontario’s decision to expand eligibility for #breastcancer screening will save lives: Dr. Martin Yaffe talks about the evidence for starting regular mammograms at age 40 instead of 50.
oicr.on.ca/ontarios-decis…
Today is #WorldPancreaticCancerDay . OICR's PanCuRx team has made numerous discoveries that have advanced our understanding of #pancreaticcancer and they are hard at work bringing the benefits of their findings to patients.
oicr.on.ca/genome-sequenc…
Congratulations to OICR-supported researchers Geoffrey Fong, Steven Gallinger, Lincoln Stein and Jared Simpson on being named to this year's Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list!
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#HighlyCited2023
Here is this week's cancer research news roundup: mailchi.mp/oicr/news-roun…
#cancerresearch #lungcancer #smoking #precisionmedicine #braincancer #breastcancer
Fantastic news about the decrease in #lungcancer death rates contained in Canadian Cancer Society's Canadian Cancer Statistics report. Kudos to everyone who played a role in improving prevention, early detection and treatment! cancer.ca/en/about-us/me…
What's new at OICR this month?
🩸Blood test detects hereditary cancers early
🚭Study: smoking ‘stops’ cancer-fighting proteins
🇨🇦1st national library of genomic data
💻A unique software suite to manage Big Data
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