Impact Stories

When you purchased the gift to fund research into hard to treat cancers, you supported Canada’s brightest researchers, like Dr Shoukat Dedhar, in finding ways to improve cancer treatment to...

It was during a relaxing and tranquil trip to Mexico that Heather Scott’s world turned upside down. While on a scuba diving expedition with her husband Glen, she lost consciousness,...

Prostate cancer treatment varies from person to person. While some patients with advanced cancer might require aggressive therapy, those with early-stage prostate cancer may not require any therapy at all....

The thought of having to travel far from home to receive radiation treatment during COVID-19 was troubling for Don Baker. But thanks to your decision to fund a home away...

When 33-year old Rea Tapang lost her hair as a side effect of her breast cancer treatment, she was truly distressed. "Hair is like my crowning glory, so I didn't...

Dr Annie Huang (seen above) is a CCS-funded researcher whose work focuses on childhood brain tumours. As someone whose family has been affected by cancer, her work takes on added...

When you chose to fund metastatic cancer research and support, you enabled Dr Arjun Sahgal to give people with spinal metastases a better quality of life. When cancer spreads (or...

When you fund colorectal research and support, you help support pioneering cancer research projects like the kind led by Dr Alberto Martin. His study uncovered a potential way to reduce...

People with head and neck cancers (HNC) have very specific needs as they recover. By helping to fund world-leading cancer research, you allowed researchers to develop and test a plan...

When you gave to fund world-leading cancer research, you helped fund “out of the box” cancer research projects like the kind recently co-led by Dr John Dick that found it’s...

Can you imagine a future where a child with a brain tumour would not have to undergo brain surgery or radiation? When you fund childhood cancer research and support, it’s...

Many people know that cancer treatment can have long-term side effects that affect quality of life. But did you know that donors like you helped fund a clinical trial that...