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This Daffodil Month, help hope bloom
March 26, 2024
![Dr Vijay Ramaswamy in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2024/february/dr-vijay-ramaswamy.png?rev=ca5ec1b62d64454f933d7b76dba44418&cx=0.49&cy=0.26&cw=543&ch=623&hash=44E74AB8B884BF9E9CF14E52450F70A3)
Personalizing treatment for childhood brain tumours
February 28, 2024
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Using AI to detect lung cancer earlier
February 28, 2024
![Dr Paola Marignani in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2024/february/dr-paola-marignani.jpg?rev=a3787c1733894598a2d43deb98b5ebaa&cx=0.65&cy=0.33&cw=543&ch=623&hash=7FB86D97D63D43DC378E5396A8956149)
Earlier breast cancer detection for Black women
February 27, 2024
![Dr Rama Khokha in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/pioneering-new-cancer-treatments-using-lab-grown-tumours/dr-rama-khokha.jpg?rev=3d3514d6a96c4f88b7f81449893e22a6&cx=0.64&cy=0.42&cw=543&ch=623&hash=0C31AE9DE70AE0D82953BDE1514C0A12)
Pioneering new cancer treatments using lab-grown tumours
September 12, 2023
![Dr Christina Addison in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/a-new-sugar-based-dye-to-detect-breast-cancer/dr-christina-addison.jpg?rev=22c1261522a5416784a813e59723d82e&cx=0.48&cy=0.35&cw=543&ch=623&hash=90BB0ABC7080F63EA9BAE830503C36DD)
A new sugar-based dye to detect breast cancer
September 12, 2023
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Targeting drug-resistant cancer cells
August 31, 2023
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Predicting prostate cancer outcomes for better care
August 14, 2023
![Dr Guojun Chen](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/march/breast-cancer-update/breastcancer_drchen.jpg?rev=06f3b49f2470403bb52d2815dfdb7e23&cx=0.49&cy=0.46&cw=543&ch=623&hash=A9A6887CD56EBD2280E37BC6CDEB7F60)
Strengthening the immune system to treat cancer
March 6, 2023
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Stopping the spread of brain cancer cells
March 5, 2023
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A less invasive way to test prostate cancer
March 1, 2023
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A new treatment for aggressive glioblastoma
February 28, 2023
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A new way to treat triple negative breast cancer
February 28, 2023
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Treating chemotherapy-resistant breast cancer
February 28, 2023
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Preventing childhood leukemia from recurring
February 14, 2023
![Dr Farzad Khalvati](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2022/august/childhood-cancer/fkhalvati2.jpg?rev=93b712a7e5cb486f9bf111ab419354da&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=4B7292FBB757615D08539D015DE4DA04)
Revolutionizing brain cancer diagnosis
August 10, 2022
![Judy Bray](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2021/may/judy-bray_headshot.jpg?rev=445284759fe54d2ebe32c201a4f78814&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=EE3EA5C94726EE12E5EBE4F867561358)
Will there ever be a cancer vaccine?
May 24, 2021