Ensuring Care Close to Home
A charity partnership ensures that Grande Prairie and area patients can receive cancer care without travelling
Research Rockstar: Dr. Charlie Butts
As a specialist in lung cancers, Dr. Charlie Butts works directly with patients as their doctor and in clinical trials research to help develop new treatments
How Monthly Donations Make a Big Difference
Monthly donations add up to having a significant impact on cancer care and research. The predictable cash flow that monthly donors contribute helps make effective and strategic planning possible. Here are four ways monthly donors help cancer care, research and patients across Alberta:
Now I Know My CBDs
A look at how the use of cannabis, specifically CBD and THC, can help address side-effects caused by cancer treatment
Care For All
These Alberta Health Services initiatives include programming that recognizes and validates diverse patient populations
Understanding Breast Cancer, From Screening to Metastatic Disease
Dr. Jeff Cao, radiation oncologist at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, and Alberta Health Services Cancer Care Alberta Provincial Breast Tumour Team lead shares more about the latest in breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and care
Meet Jordan Turko
A stage 4 cancer diagnosis was the last thing this active 30-year-old was expecting, but a targeted drug therapy has extended his life from weeks to years
On the Journey Together
A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming and scary, but Indigenous Cancer Patient Navigators help lessen that load with personalized guidance and support
Caring for Patients in Alberta’s Far North
From working on the frontlines as a nurse to managing a team at the Grande Prairie Cancer Centre, Tracy Peddy has always helped bring quality care to patients living in some of the most rural parts of the province
Dr. Egiroh Omene is Improving Quality of Life for Brain Tumour Patients
He used to score touchdowns on the football field, but Dr. Omene’s new goal is to improve the quality of life for patients with the aggressive brain tumour, glioblastoma
