Cancer Affects Everyone
You can help us end cancer as a life-threatening disease.
Your grandfather. Your aunt. Your best friend. Your dad. Your sister. You. Not one person is untouched by this disease. In 2018, 9.8 million people worldwide died from cancer, including 82,000 Canadians. One in two Canadians is expected to develop cancer, and one in four is expected to die from it. We have a plan to end cancer: we will catch it early. Understand it down to its genetics. Discover its weaknesses.
Keep it from taking lives.
BMO donates $2M for precision cancer care
The future of cancer treatment is one step closer to reality thanks to a transformative $2 million donation from BMO Financial Group to the MUHC Foundation. The gift will help cancer experts at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) develop the hospital’s precision oncology program—personalized treatment tailored to each patient.
The Bold New Vision at the Centre of Our Plan to End Cancer
When cancer is discovered, there’s not a moment to lose. Our visionary plan to end cancer through precision cancer treatment has three components:
- Collect cancer knowledge. What if every possible variation of cancer was known? Creating a biobank of cancer tissues provides a library of resources for physicians and cancer researchers, who can “borrow” these samples to aid research and discovery.
- Identify tumour characteristics. From your genetics and molecular make-up to mutations that cause cancer to arise, the first step in personalized medicine is understanding you and your cancer. Liquid biopsy and tumour modeling help us uncover cancer and make a plan to fight it.
- Personalize treatment. Testing cancer treatments outside the body isn’t science fiction. By growing tumours in the lab, we can learn everything from their genetic make-up to which drugs work best, helping us find the best way to treat patients.
Join the MUHC Foundation, in collaboration with the other foundations of the MUHC, in ending cancer as a life-threatening disease.
We need to DREAM BIG to END CANCER.
“Our goal is to understand each individual’s cancer so we can provide precise and personalized treatment that saves lives.”
–Dr. Peter Metrakos, Cancer Research Program Leader
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For more information, to make a donation or to get involved, please contact: Edith Bolduc, Associate Director of Development, Major Gifts, at 514-934-1934, ext. 34397, [email protected]