Cancer

Bev Moir is ‘crushing it’ for cancer research

Bev Moir counts herself as lucky. Diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2019, she underwent biomarker testing at Sunnybrook – an advanced...

Using the power of artificial intelligence to inform cancer treatment planning

Sunnybrook medical oncologist Dr. Kasia Jerzak and Odette Cancer Research Program scientist William Tran, PhD, are using a digital pathology system...

How Sunnybrook is providing care for colorectal patients 50 and younger

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Historically, 90 per cent of colorectal cancer diagnoses have been in patients older than 50 years of...

Colon cancer at 41: Bryna’s story

At 41, Bryna Dilman was working full-time, married, parenting her daughter and finding ways to stay active eight months into a global pandemic. She...

Supporting patients through their cancer journey: Meet social worker Torey Belzberg

A person facing a cancer diagnosis has so much more to them than that diagnosis. That’s how Torey Belzberg approaches the people she meets in her...

Sunnybrook acquires new scanner that will expand imaging capacity and innovation

Earlier this year, the Sunnybrook medical imaging team acquired a state-of-the-art positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner...

Behind the Research: Breaking through the blood-brain barrier with focused ultrasound

Dr. Nir Lipsman explains how focused ultrasound has the potential to change the treatment care path for patients with brain cancer and other...

Behind the Research: A medical oncologist on tough-to-reach tumours and promising research

"It feels amazing to be a part of something that’s a world-first and that shows so much potential. It’s a good first step in being able to offer...

What you need to know about cervical cancer and screening

Cervical cancer can affect anyone with a cervix who has ever been sexually active.

What is blood cancer?

Blood cancers start in the bone marrow or in the immune system.