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Biomarkers Mark the Way for Earlier Colon Cancer Diagnosis

New on the blog: What are 'biomarkers' and how do they 'colour' cancer cells?

Posted on April 25, 2019September 26, 2019 by torontoriotPosted in Blog Posts, Cancer preventionTagged Cancer detection, Cancer research, Cancer screening. Leave a comment

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It is not rare to hear some myths and misconceptions about cancer. On this #sciencemonday we brought three common examples of questions surrounding those myths. The whole content (with a lot more Common Cancer Myths and Misconceptions) can be found on National Cancer Institute's website - Link in Bio #cancermyths #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #cancerscience #cancerfighters #cancerriot #torontoriot

We have a new Blog Post written by our Blog Manager MSc. Zeynep Kahramanoğlu. Here she explains how cancer cells can use the cellular stress mechanism in their favor but also, how this stress-dependency can be a great target for new anti-cancer therapies. ⁠ ⁠ Check it out in our Blog and stay tuned in our new posts. ⁠ (Link in Bio)⁠ ⁠ #cancerawareness #cancerfighters #cancertherapy #cancerscience #cancerriot #torontoriot #cancerresearch

Dr. Jane Wright was one of the most distinguished scientists in the cancer research field. She stood out for her great contribution to new anti-cancer agents discoveries, the improvement in chemotherapy treatments and the pioneering use of tissue culture to test potential drugs on cancer cells. In 1967, she was considered the highest-ranking African American woman in a US medical institution and in 1971, she was the first woman to be elected president of the NY Cancer Society. ⁠ ⁠ #throwbackscience #womeninscience #cancerscience #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #torontoriot #cancerriot #cancerfighters

Cancer is not just a term to describe one disease, but more than a hundred different diseases that share some features in common, like the ability to form a malignant tumor mass. ⁠ ⁠ These numerous types of cancer can be more susceptible to appear in different ages during a lifetime. In this chart, we can see that children are rarely diagnosed with lung or colorectal cancers, both types related to an unhealthy lifestyle, like smoking and processed food-based diets. On the other hand, those types of cancer are more likely to appear in adults, when those bad habits have a great impact on cancer development. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ The chart is available on Canandian Cancer Society Statistics Publication (link in Bio)⁠ *CNS = central nervous system⁠ ⁠ #sciencemonday #cancerscience #cancerriot #torontoriot #cancerfighters #cancerawareness

Our #Throwbackscience today is dedicated to the "Father of Medicine", Hippocrates (40-370BC). The Greek physician was the first one to describe non-ulcer and ulcer-forming tumors as "carcinos" and "carcinomas", respectively. Both words refer to a crab, which was used to illustrate the spreading projections of a tumor. Later on, the Roman physician Celsius (25 BC-50 AD) translated the term into "cancer", the Latin word to crab. ⁠ ⁠ #throwbackscience #cancerresearch #cancerawareness #torontoriot #cancerriot #fightcancer #cancerscience

Today is the World Cancer Day! On this day we dedicate ourselves to bring awareness about cancer! Today, the @cancersociety released a great campaign to bring all the necessary information about cancer for those who was recently diagnosed or is a patient's relative, for those who wants to stay healthy and for those who wants to help in this cause! All the information is available on the Canadian Cancer Society Website (Link in Bio)!!!

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