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 […]
Retinoic Acid maybe an effective therapy
I am Dr. Paola Marcato, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at Dalhousie University. the Canadian Breast Cancer Society, the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute and the QEII Foundation, have funded my research lab and colleagues: Drs. Carman Giacomantonio, Lucy Helyer and Ian Weaver. Our research is to investigate if a vitamin A metabolite, retinoic […]
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 […]
Cancer stem cells: a unique approach to assessing breast cancer metastasis
Hello! My name is Ashkan Sadri and I’m a Masters candidate in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University. As a recent addition to Dr. Alison Allan’s lab at London Regional Cancer Program, today marks the first time you’ll be hearing from me! What most intrigued me about the work conducted in […]
Studying why some breast cancer patients are Herceptin-resistant
Greetings! I’m Xuguang Liu, a fourth-year PhD student in the Biochemistry Department at Western University. My current research project is focused on the development of Herceptin resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer. Particularly, we’re trying to establish a diagnostic technique that might be able to further classify this cancer type. HER2-positive breast cancer is diagnosed as […]
Investigating the role of fibulin-3 in breast cancer metastasis
Hi! My name is Michelle Noonan and I’m a second-year MSc candidate in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Western University. I work in the laboratory of Dr. Moshmi Bhattacharya, located in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western. Our lab works on better understanding the mechanisms regulating breast cancer metastasis, the spreading of […]
Investigating how breast cancer spreads to the skeleton
Hello everyone! My name is Graciella Pio and I’m an MSc student in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University. I work under the supervision of Dr. Alison Allan at London Health Sciences Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program. My MSc project focuses on investigating the ways that breast cancer cells spread to […]
Using skin cream to protect the breast during radiation
Hello! My name is Katelyn Cousteils and I’m an MSc student in the Department of Biochemistry at Western University. I work at London Health Sciences Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program under the supervision of Dr. Eva Turley. Dr. Turley’s lab looks at the role of the sugar hyaluronan and its receptor proteins RHAMM and CD44 […]
Targeting inflammation to combat breast cancer
Epidemiological and clinical research suggests a strong association between inflammation and breast cancer development. Therefore, targeting the process of inflammation is an attractive new intervention strategy for combating breast cancer. One of the inflammatory molecules observed in advanced cancer patients is called interleukin 17, and interleukin17-producing cells are also observed in breast cancer patients. Dr. […]
Discovering and developing new peptide-based drugs for breast cancer
Hi everyone! My name is Alexandra Hauser-Kawaguchi. I’m a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at Western University and I work at London Health Sciences Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program under the supervision of Len Luyt, PhD. Our lab focuses on peptide-based chemistry. Peptides are strands of less than 50 amino acids. When there […]
