Astounding and disturbing results Canadian Society of Breast Imaging uOttawa Dept. Radiology, Rad Onc & Medical Physics Incidence of Breast Cancer in Younger Women: A Canadian Trend Analysis - Jean M. Seely, Larry F. Ellison, Jean-Michel Billette, Shary X. Zhang, Anna N. Wilkinson, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

📣Here's hoping that Wab Kinew will roll up his sleeves for Manitoba breast cancer screening updates soon! #screen40 #KnowYourDensity #FindItEarly #mbpoli densebreastscanada mybreastscreening.ca Keep up the great work and the healthcare momentum! Miigwech!

Presentation by Rebecca Auer, MD about their Breakthrough project to expand access to clinical trials and personalized treatments for people with biliary tract cancers, accelerating progress and providing hope to people with this devastating disease.

Breast cancer rates increasing significantly in younger women in Canada. In the last 35 years:
➡️45.5% in 20-29
➡️12.5% in 30-39
➡️9.1% in 40-49
➡️17.5% in 50-54
uOttawa - Médecine familiale, Family Medicine Statistics Canada Marina von Stackelberg

Thank you, WCVB Boston News, for sharing this story about the hope in #cholangiocarcinoma research.

Special thanks to Dave Fleischer and Lane Kelleher for graciously sharing their experiences caring for their family members. #CCAhope #cureCCA

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Lilly's message to shareholders before May 2024 annual meeting. It's important investors know that JDRF is paid to behave. 🤣 #insulinshortage #type1diabetes investor.lilly.com/node/50556/html

Well heck, we all need this! Register for an The National Institute on Aging (NIA) - NCI Cancer Control webinar on June 20 at 11 a.m. ET to hear speakers discuss the assessment of epigenetic aging in post-treatment cancer survivors. go.nih.gov/8OD9cHO Wilmot Cancer Institute

Updated EUSOBI guidelines add screening US or MRI in average-risk women with dense breasts, MRI at least q4 years if extremely dense; endorse breast cancer risk assessment at age 25, as American College of Radiology. High-risk women annual MRI at 25, depending on risk. DenseBreast-Info.org

Precision oncology has shown promising results, but it's still not available to all patients.

Before we broaden access to it, we need evidence to help decision makers determine how it should be deployed in a context where healthcare resources are scarce. (1/2)

Saw oncologist yesterday on to new meds but have to be approved for funding ( yes here in Canada too) . These drugs cost up to 6000 per month so hope funding comes through for me . Hope to hear Tuesday ic collar of shame can come off n soon when rad start .

There also needs to be more understanding and help with better imaging for #lobular . Due to its single cell MO,(lacking e cadherin)metastis often not seen in other areas of the body. We dont even get MRI for breast follow up, even when mammo didnt spot the original cancer.

“Breast cancer is preventable.”

One of the worst things one can tell people with cancer.

What is that saying about those who have a diagnosis? And those who died of cancer?

It has been an absolutely incredible two days of amazing world class research. And this is just the beginning of a five year run!

You know what needs a big overhaul?

Health conferences.

They've regressed big-time since 2020.

Back to being elite events, flying in big-name speakers giving canned talks, in-person only, little patient representation. /1

Cryoablation for breast cancer is being introduced for eligible patients for the first time in a Montreal hospital. Cryoablation is a process whereby a tumour is frozen using an ultrafine needle. It is minimally invasive and is performed as a day surgery
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Presentation by gelareh-zadeh, Andrew Ajisebutu, Shreya Gandhi, Sheila Mansouri and Stephen Yip, MD/PhD FRCPC about their Breakthrough project to develop a non-invasive technique to improve outcomes for people with brain cancer through better diagnosis, monitoring of treatment and prediction.

“They’ll say we’re disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war.” Howard Zinn 1971

Special LMIC Collection launched at IPOS’ official journal: The Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice - a special initiative to support the publication of psycho-oncology research from LMICs through our official journal

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The limbo of having ER/PR low (<10%) is currently a very important problem for trial enrollment #BCSM #MBC
ER 0 PR 5% HER2 0
1⃣cannot be enrolled in HR+ cohorts if have not received CDK4/6i
2⃣cannot be enrolled in TNBC cohort because ASCO/CAP guidelines
FDA Oncology relax I/E cr