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We are delighted that we could make Let's Talk Cancer 2020 happen, despite all the difficulties imposed by the pandemic. We were able to adapt our plans to create a virtual event that took place on May 28th and 29th. The event brought a lot of content about cancer and the most current research in the field for high school students. The theme for this year was “Cancer in the 21st Century”. We could talk about basic concepts of cancer development, the challenge to detect and treat the disease, and also all the new technologies and approaches to improve cancer management. Nothing could be more rewarding than the participation of more than 300 students, very interested and engaged during all the activities that were proposed. We would like to thank everyone who made this project happen: the support from @cancersociety, our sponsor @bayerofficial, the participant students, the speakers and content creators, and the event coordinators @juliaj5 and Ileana from @ltscience_ps , who masterfully created a beautiful environment of exchange between scientists and the new generation of young adults.

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

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