Oncology

In oncology, we routinely assess whether patients are receiving adequate support for nausea, pain and sleep. We might also ask: How are they breathing?

‘We have the tools to make cervical cancer the first cancer ever eliminated in Canada. We have the medical expertise. We just need the political will,’ said Dr. Shannon Salvador, president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada.

Do you know the basics about this increasingly prevalent form of cancer?

‘We’re now starting to see more and more people in the 20-, 30- and 40-year-old range developing colon cancer. At the beginning of my career, nobody that age had colorectal cancer.’

European consensus and GOC say it reduces ovarian cancer risk and should be offered more widely

The effects can impact cognitive development and long-term brain function, with a high risk of progressive difficulties as patients age.

The MAP clinic in Waterloo has made a big impact for patients taking oncology drugs.

A large Australian study has identified phenotypic, environmental and genetic risk factors associated with two types of melanoma.