Robot surgeons provide many benefits, but how autonomous should they be? theguardian.com/science/2023/j…

They survived and thrived in a hostile Britain. That’s why we revere the Windrush pioneers by Hugh Muir #WindrushDay #Windrush75 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Calling all #ECRs! If you submitted an abstract to the #CCRC23, you are eligible to attend our ECR Workshop on Nov 11 in Halifax. Submit your application by July 7, 2023. See you there! bit.ly/42dmy3e

Considerations for collecting data on race and Indigenous identity during health card renewal across Canadian jurisdictions in CMAJ cmaj.ca/content/195/25…

Welcome to the pickleball backlash: noise pollution, broken bones and a tennis turf war theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul…

Medical records should accurately identify LGBTQ Canadians: advocates - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/9814306/l…

Disparities in prostate cancer screening, diagnoses, management, and outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous men in a universal health care system. Important work from the APCaRI team led by Adam Kinnaird. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/VZYPJFTB…

Opinion: The premiers need to get serious about health care reform, not just funding from André Picard The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

"Occupational environment and ovarian cancer risk." New research findings by Anita Koushik and team Université de Montréal Centre de recherche du CHUM. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37429725/

First-line treatment with atezolizumab monotherapy was associated with improved overall survival, a doubling of the 2-year survival rate, maintenance of quality of life, and a favourable safety profile compared with single-agent chemotherapy. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…

We at Canadian Cancer Society are thrilled to release the pan-Canadian Cancer Data Strategy in partnership with Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. It’s the country’s first strategy that focuses on cancer-specific data challenges.

Fantastic new interactive tool developed by CIHI_ICIS to find the number of physicians and nurses per 10,000 population by health region, 2021 cihi.ca/en/number-of-p…

Artificial intelligence-supported screen reading versus standard double reading in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI) in The Lancet Oncology thelancet.com/journals/lanon…

Power and sample size calculation for incremental net benefit in cost effectiveness analyses with applications to trials conducted by the Canadian Cancer Trials Group. CC-ARCC rdcu.be/djtyB

Trends and Cancer-Specific Patterns of Physical Activity, Sleep Duration, and Daily Sitting Time Among US Cancer Survivors, 1997-2018. Great work from Lin Yang and team. academic.oup.com/jnci/article-a…

The evolution of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Canada: a time-series study, 2020–2023 cmaj.ca/content/195/31…

In Canada, increase in mortality from 2020 to 2021 entirely attributable to deaths among males. New report from Statistics Canada The Daily — Deaths, 2021 (statcan.gc.ca)

Cancer cases in under-50s worldwide up nearly 80% since 1990. New paper "Global trends in incidence, death, burden and risk factors of early-onset cancer from 1990 to 2019" in BMJ Oncology bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/2/1/e0…

184,000 in UK to get preventable cancer diagnosis this year, study finds theguardian.com/society/2023/s…

Review suggests that, in the absence of clinical symptoms and signs, DRE could be potentially omitted from prostate cancer screening and early detection strategies. Published in European Urology Oncology euoncology.europeanurology.com/article/S2588-…