Target: Cancer
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Researchers in the Odette Cancer Program at Sunnybrook are taking precise aim at a ruthless, invasive and pervasive killer. They seek to master it, while making care for patients better now
Table of contents
![Knowledge is Strength](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-knowledge-is-strength_for-web_thumb.jpg)
Studies help blood cancer patients make treatment decisions
New risk score is more comprehensive than previous one, and only chemotherapy in early-stage disease a viable option for some
![Overcoming Treatment Resistance](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-overcoming-treatment-resistance_for-web_thumb.jpg)
Overcoming treatment resistance in cancer
Therapy can simply stop working, to devastating end. New research gets closer to why
![The Doctor Can Aspirate You Now](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-doctor-can-aspirate_for-web_thumb.jpg)
How can we speed up biopsy for thyroid cancer?
Specialist backs doing it in the clinic using ultrasound
![Spot On](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-spot-on-thumb.jpg)
Targeted therapy for lung cancer helps stem progression and is easier to tolerate
Research leads to new guidelines and moves therapy closer to being funded
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A new kind of radiotherapy kills brain tumours with pinpoint precision
Researchers say it will only get better once they add MRI to the mix
![It's Personal](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-its-personal--rakovitch-_for-web_thumb.jpg)
Individualizing breast cancer therapy
New technologies can deliver highly specific information about a therapy’s effectiveness in days, not months; and help women with DCIS decide on the best course of action
![Man by Man](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-man-by-man--milot-_for-web_thumb.jpg)
"Bespoke" prostate cancer treatment
Genomics and imaging tools are cracking the tough nut of prostate cancer, exposing which patients are most likely to get worse, and where tumours might be concealed
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A tapestry of clinical trials
High-impact findings: greater effectiveness, more precision, less harm and cost-conscious—this is what the cancer care of tomorrow looks like, emerging from the clinical trials of today
![Mind the Gap](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-mind-the-gap--hallet--2_for-web_thumb.jpg)
Stomach, pancreatic and other upper GI cancers: new findings are providing much-needed treatment guidance
Upper gastrointestinal cancers are under-studied in Canada. Given their grim outlook—at best, intrusive; at worst, fatal—it’s a void begging to be filled
![Advances in Colorectal](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-colorectal-cancer-advances_for-web_thumb.jpg)
Colorectal cancer advances
Including DIY kit in the mail raises screening rates and taking a break from chemotherapy OK
![Oncologically Adept](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-oncologically-adept_for-web_thumb.jpg)
Specialist care critical in treating vulvar cancer
New study finds women with a gynaecologic oncologist more likely to get groin node dissection
![The Incredible Shrinking Lesions](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-incredible-shrinking-lesions_for-web_thumb.jpg)
Immunotherapy for melanoma works over the long term: study
Treatment has strong effects; provincial reimbursement being requested
![Going Gently When Cure Is Elusive](../uploads/1/_research/pubs/magazine/2016/sri-magazine-2016-going-gently_thumb.jpg)
Avoiding invasive end-of-life care in cancer
Going gently when cure is elusive