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![Dr Dan Renouf](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/october/about_us_news_cctg_pancreaticcancer_survival_dr_dan_renouf.jpg?rev=581176029aa64c92b10e7c7db6e64d35&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=B74F893DDD7FD7664D5376D246AFB682)
Improving survival for people with pancreatic cancer
September 29, 2023
![Dr Nielsen Torsten](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/october/about_us_news_sarcoma_test_dr_nielsen_torsten.jpg?rev=c76961ccd83c43fcbcd1b19510238f0d&cx=0.49&cy=0.41&cw=543&ch=623&hash=FE420D78DD4AA8B08B451CCAE89C80FD)
Saving lives with an innovative sarcoma test
September 28, 2023
![Award winners Dr Frances Shepherd, Dr Gary Groot, Dr Amit Oza, Dr Samuel Aparicio, Dr Housheng He, Dr Sumit Gupta](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/awards-for-excellence-in-cancer-research/awardsforexcellenceen.png?rev=fdc59de097b241039f720698e0f3669b&cx=0.54&cy=0.66&cw=543&ch=623&hash=4D913338E44A523F3B982ADA6AF4A31A)
Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research: meet the winners
September 13, 2023
![Sharon Sandhawalia holding a dog and smiling](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/easing-the-burden-of-breast-cancer-treatment/sharon-sandhawalia2.jpg?rev=ddaf1b9ec155409aadd71df6936a5244&cx=0.64&cy=0.21&cw=543&ch=623&hash=8CD26B8E5B0AB4031C0932A46E7153B9)
Easing the burden of breast cancer treatment
September 12, 2023
![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
![Collective Strides launch photo Kids walking to school](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/arteres-communes-collective-strides.jpg?rev=3bf7d3b1b84d4ba980fb0097c043b576&cx=0.34&cy=0.18&cw=543&ch=623&hash=60E3F353B283D351B35BFD174208966F)
The Canadian Cancer Society launches Collective Strides
September 4, 2023
![Dr Cynthia Hawkins, CCS-funded researcher](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/childhood-cancer-donor-update/mm_nw_donorstewardship2023_ccupdate_story1.jpg?rev=6a6f4914e0184201bd64cfbe23328c77&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=40C293C689A35DB61E302D2522528166)
Sparing children from risky brain surgery
September 1, 2023
![Dr Catherine O’Brien in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/targeting-drug-resistant-cancer-cells/mm_donorstewardship2023_general_researcher_drcatherine_obrien.png?rev=2f42919092854dfe869a317dd3566e74&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=8427B189E2205F2C59CB804EF88C92BD)
Targeting drug-resistant cancer cells
August 31, 2023
![Harland, childhood cancer survivor reading a book.](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/childhood-cancer-donor-update/mm_nw_donorstewardship2023_ccupdate_story2.jpg?rev=f9d7c14823024f39841ca7cffb0794f3&cx=0.69&cy=0.4&cw=543&ch=623&hash=0B5BF34BC86CDB177EAC087FCE8D6B6D)
A home away from home for children with cancer
August 31, 2023
![A female cancer researcher typing into a touch screen and holding a vial in a lab.](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/research/our-approach/research-our-approach-partnering-to-extend-our-impact.jpg?rev=da41ea3f62e5400283685b963e2f3c52&cx=0.45&cy=0.47&cw=543&ch=623&hash=175897A80301761D0D709EFBA3F755B9)
WICC Continues Unstoppable Crusade to Raise $25 Million by 2025 for the Canadian Cancer Society
August 29, 2023
![Dr Tarek Bismar sitting in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/august/fall-prostate-donor-update/dr-tarek-bismar.jpg?rev=e15f635e221c4b0196e867ea8a42caed&cx=0.19&cy=0.35&cw=543&ch=623&hash=6D92CDF9A464CD3508241C415EFB1C47)
Predicting prostate cancer outcomes for better care
August 14, 2023
![Kathy and Lloyd Hetherington at the beach](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/august/fall-prostate-donor-update/lloyd-and-kathy.jpg?rev=96a5ea9e4ab34a15a501c5dac049ec9c&cx=0.4&cy=0.2&cw=543&ch=623&hash=956B54C209D7E0760040CE121202952E)
Worry-free transportation to treatment
August 13, 2023
![Wong’s shrimp and egg fried rice](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/ka_recipecard_wong_rice_1020x555.jpg?rev=3456a4831ea641d48341b5c5792ac3e1&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=E6B8AE682A14CA4DB2A9A4A242B812A0)
Chef Wallace Wong’s shrimp and egg fried rice
July 26, 2023
![Group selfie of high school students outside and smiling.](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/brand_23136_september-e-newsletter_youth.jpg?rev=0bbb0443d85041beb37ab0369cf69750&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=000D1CACA45C67DB52BB021729724B29)
School is back and so is Youth Troop program
July 26, 2023
![A bald woman smiles as she adjusts a wig on a wig stand](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/brand_23136_september-e-newsletter_wig.jpg?rev=89310025e1cb46f49a5c0238e42af125&cx=0.21&cy=0.45&cw=543&ch=623&hash=F040E5C83A9D112C2CA3B37ACF48DB7E)
Supporting those facing breast cancer
July 26, 2023
![Bobbi Jo](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2022/august/breast-cancer/mm_nw_donorstewardship2022_breastcancer_image1.jpg?rev=26c6246caf704cd68e1fd5c02d74f383&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=5FE886324AA1FAA6039128FCD34AB9C0)
When you run for one, you run for all
July 26, 2023
![A doctor and elderly patient go over a scan together](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/september/brand_23136_september-e-newsletter_health.jpg?rev=598cfa0ba1d245a88d8b77ba27f6f5f2&cx=0.43&cy=0.45&cw=543&ch=623&hash=A1F1EC8E2F51216848E635C72BFBC47E)
Study to improve equity for Black men with prostate cancer
July 26, 2023