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Sexual and Gender Diversity Program addressing major gap in cancer care "Part of the issue with my cancer journey was the fear of doctors and hospitals, which led to me not coming in to get assessed until it was quite late," says iowyth ulthiin, a trans, non-binary, Indigenous patient of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre...

Celebrating the Human Touch on Cancer Care: Honouring recipients of the 22nd annual Gerald Kirsh Humanitarian Awards Twenty-two years ago, the Kirsh Family approached The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre with a desire to establish The Gerald Kirsh Humanitarian Awards as a tribute to the exceptional care that staff and volunteers provided to Gerald Kirsh–a loved father and husband–as he underwent treatment...

Inspiring the next generation of women and girls in STEM February 09, 2023 Share International Day of Women and Girls in Science recognizes the extraordinary contributions that women and girls around the globe make while applying their creativity and skill set in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)...

How her son’s leukemia diagnosis inspired Mary to become a monthly donor Mary from Fredericton, New Brunswick “It’s a devastating feeling when one of your children faces a life-threatening illness,” says Mary of Fredericton, New Brunswick. “And it could happen to any of us at any time.” The call came on an April afternoon in 2017. Mary was on her way to a class at the YMCA when her cell phone rang. “I didn’t want to answer at first because it would make me late for my class...

Dr. Sacher’s Lung Cancer Breakthrough Treating one of the most challenging cancers. Thoracic Oncologist Dr. Adrian Sacher has been working relentlessly since 2018 to provide lung cancer patients with drastically improved prognoses and quality of life. In the past, those with Stage 4 lung cancer had an average life expectancy of about one year after being diagnosed...

Prostate cancer research scales to new heights with $1 million gift from HCAT Princess Margaret Cancer Centre researchers stand at the forefront of a clinical trial dedicated to MRI-guided focal laser ablation – a minimally invasive and targeted form of focal therapy – with the goal of making the innovative treatment a standard practice of care for prostate cancer patients...

Urdeep Arora dedicates generous gift to his mother’s recovery Urdeep with his mother Ushvinder When Urdeep’s mother, Ushvinder, was diagnosed with an advanced stage endometrial cancer in April of last year, they were both in complete shock. They’d never dealt with anything like this before. It was a tough decision in terms of what to do next, but Urdeep knew that The Princess Margaret was the best place Ushvinder could be. Ushvinder was placed under the care of Dr. Stephane Laframboise and went through 4 months of chemotherapy followed by surgery to remove the tumour...