Activities
The Canadian Cancer Society offers a variety of information and support services to Canadians including:
- A bilingual, toll-free Cancer Information Service (1 888 939-3333)
- CancerConnection – a peer-support program that connects people with similar cancer experiences
- Accommodation and transportation services in some areas
The Canadian Cancer Society is the largest national charitable funder of cancer research. Cancer research is funded through the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute. Using a peer review process, research grants and training opportunities are funded for all types of cancer and include basic laboratory research, clinical trials as well as behavioral, psychosocial and population-based cancer research.
Notable research that the Canadian Cancer Society has funded includes:
- the development of the cobalt-60 unit in the 1950s to treat cancer tumors with cobalt therapy, a treatment still widely used today
- the discovery of vinblastine as successful chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma in the 1950s, also a treatment for cancer still used today
- the 1960s discovery of stem cells and their use in bone marrow transplants as a cancer treatment
The Canadian Cancer Society also advocates on behalf of Canadians by encouraging governments to pass public policies that will help prevent cancer and help people living with cancer. Issues the Society advocates for include tobacco control, ornamental use of pesticides, health systems reform, occupational carcinogen exposure, cancer screening and gene patenting.
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