New Breast Cancer Research Funding Announcement
The Breast Cancer Society of Canada, (BCSC) is proud to announce our funding of a critical new research project, in collaboration with the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, (OICR). Breast cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide amongst women. In Canada, the lifetime risk is 1 in 8 women, and breast cancer accounts for […]
Shanshan Zhong is developing therapies which use the patients’ immune cells to stop the growth of breast tumours.
1. Welcome back to the TBCRU! Remind our readers who you are and tell us a little about yourself. My name is Shanshan (Jenny) Zhong, and I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biochemistry at Western University, working under the supervision of Dr. Shawn Li. I completed my Master’s degree in Microbiology at […]
MRI cell tracking for breast cancer
Hi, My name is Ashley Makela and I am a PhD candidate in the department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I am working at Robarts Research Institute in Dr. Paula Foster’s lab where our main focus is to develop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to “track” cells. My research involves using this MRI cell […]
Targeting tumours the FAST way
Hello! We are Brent Johnston and Roy Duncan, Professors in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Dalhousie University. We have received funding from the Breast Cancer Society of Canada and the QEII Foundation through the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, to investigate the use of viruses to target advanced and metastatic breast cancer. Oncolytic […]
Receptor for Hyaluronan-Mediated Motility or RHAMM
Hi everyone! My name is Alexandra Hauser-Kawaguchi and I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry at Western University. I work in Dr. Len Luyt’s lab at London Health Sciences Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program. For the past few years, I have been studying the protein RHAMM (Receptor for Hyaluronan-Mediated Motility). RHAMM levels increase […]
Understanding how the estrogen receptor impacts breast cancer
Hello! My name is Bart Kolendowski and I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry at Western University. I work in Dr. Joe Torchia’s lab located at London Regional Cancer Program. During my tenure as a Pamela Greenaway-Kohlmeier Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit (TBCRU) scholarship recipient, I have focused my research on understanding how […]
What’s my Breast Cancer Story?
Antoine Abugaber of the Breast Cancer Society of Canada shares his story As a cancer researcher and an international renowned artist, I want to be able to one day say “we have finally found a cure for breast cancer. That really would be an amazing day.” Today, I serve on the BCSC’s board because I […]
New Directors Join Breast Cancer Society of Canada
Toronto, ON (January 11, 2017) ~ The Breast Cancer Society of Canada (BCSC), the mission of which is to save lives through breast cancer research, recently elected six new directors to serve on its national board. “Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in Canadian women and BCSC has and is doing […]
Alyssa, a reason to give!
On November 29th, The Breast Cancer Society of Canada will partner with the Giving Tuesday Canada initiative to encourage Canadians across the country to fund life-saving breast cancer research. Alyssa Vito is a breast cancer survivor, whose journey led her to cancer research. Alyssa’s story inspires the kind of work the Breast Cancer Society is funding. We hope […]
Celebrating National Volunteer Week 2016
Author and physician, Dr. Rachel Remen sums up the meaning of service very distinctly: “True service is a relationship between people who bring the full resource of their combined humanity to the table and share them generously. Service is another way of life … service is a relationship between equals … In helping, we may find a […]
