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Announcing our new research grants!
March 26, 2024
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This Daffodil Month, help hope bloom
March 26, 2024
![Dr Aisha Lofters in a hospital](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2024/february/dr-aisha-lofters.jpg?rev=d44e39b60c8244c49b3c41b3d0998938&cx=0.48&cy=0.17&cw=543&ch=623&hash=8CA1E7457CDC65ABFBD2247C805FDC60)
Improving prostate cancer care for Black men
February 28, 2024
![Dr Vijay Ramaswamy in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2024/february/dr-vijay-ramaswamy.png?rev=ca5ec1b62d64454f933d7b76dba44418&cx=0.49&cy=0.26&cw=543&ch=623&hash=44E74AB8B884BF9E9CF14E52450F70A3)
Personalizing treatment for childhood brain tumours
February 28, 2024
![Drs Renelle Myers and Rayjean Hung](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2024/february/dr-hung-and-dr-myers.png?rev=e6bfe14d2941484eacb98c1058bbbceb&cx=0.26&cy=0.37&cw=543&ch=623&hash=D40173037A056023F868032C9B834AE8)
Using AI to detect lung cancer earlier
February 28, 2024
![Dr Paola Marignani in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2024/february/dr-paola-marignani.jpg?rev=a3787c1733894598a2d43deb98b5ebaa&cx=0.65&cy=0.33&cw=543&ch=623&hash=7FB86D97D63D43DC378E5396A8956149)
Earlier breast cancer detection for Black women
February 27, 2024
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Innovating to change the future of cancer
December 1, 2023
![Dr Dan Renouf](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/october/about_us_news_cctg_pancreaticcancer_survival_dr_dan_renouf.jpg?rev=581176029aa64c92b10e7c7db6e64d35&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=B74F893DDD7FD7664D5376D246AFB682)
Improving survival for people with pancreatic cancer
September 29, 2023
![Dr Nielsen Torsten](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/october/about_us_news_sarcoma_test_dr_nielsen_torsten.jpg?rev=c76961ccd83c43fcbcd1b19510238f0d&cx=0.49&cy=0.41&cw=543&ch=623&hash=FE420D78DD4AA8B08B451CCAE89C80FD)
Saving lives with an innovative sarcoma test
September 28, 2023
![Dr Rama Khokha in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/pioneering-new-cancer-treatments-using-lab-grown-tumours/dr-rama-khokha.jpg?rev=3d3514d6a96c4f88b7f81449893e22a6&cx=0.64&cy=0.42&cw=543&ch=623&hash=0C31AE9DE70AE0D82953BDE1514C0A12)
Pioneering new cancer treatments using lab-grown tumours
September 12, 2023
![Dr Christina Addison in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/a-new-sugar-based-dye-to-detect-breast-cancer/dr-christina-addison.jpg?rev=22c1261522a5416784a813e59723d82e&cx=0.48&cy=0.35&cw=543&ch=623&hash=90BB0ABC7080F63EA9BAE830503C36DD)
A new sugar-based dye to detect breast cancer
September 12, 2023
![Dr Catherine O’Brien in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/targeting-drug-resistant-cancer-cells/mm_donorstewardship2023_general_researcher_drcatherine_obrien.png?rev=2f42919092854dfe869a317dd3566e74&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=8427B189E2205F2C59CB804EF88C92BD)
Targeting drug-resistant cancer cells
August 31, 2023
![Dr Tarek Bismar sitting in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/august/fall-prostate-donor-update/dr-tarek-bismar.jpg?rev=e15f635e221c4b0196e867ea8a42caed&cx=0.19&cy=0.35&cw=543&ch=623&hash=6D92CDF9A464CD3508241C415EFB1C47)
Predicting prostate cancer outcomes for better care
August 14, 2023
![Dr Guojun Chen](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/march/breast-cancer-update/breastcancer_drchen.jpg?rev=06f3b49f2470403bb52d2815dfdb7e23&cx=0.49&cy=0.46&cw=543&ch=623&hash=A9A6887CD56EBD2280E37BC6CDEB7F60)
Strengthening the immune system to treat cancer
March 6, 2023
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Stopping the spread of brain cancer cells
March 5, 2023
![Dr Alexander Wyatt](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/march/mm_mw_donorupdate_prostate_drwyatt.jpg?rev=3c4a6ec3a9fb46a5a88740012436f4de&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=DAF8C0A81B5A2B585A1B831C889AC309)
A less invasive way to test prostate cancer
March 1, 2023
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A new treatment for aggressive glioblastoma
February 28, 2023
![Dr Guojun Chen](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/march/breast-cancer-update/breastcancer_drchen.jpg?rev=06f3b49f2470403bb52d2815dfdb7e23&cx=0.48&cy=0.44&cw=543&ch=623&hash=43C2CD5F73BA8C8D2E6A1C2FD4DFACE3)
A new way to treat triple negative breast cancer
February 28, 2023