Exploring perceptions, barriers, and facilitators to non-operative management of rectal cancer: Developing a “Watch and Wait” approach

Lead Researcher(s):  Frances Wright Lead Institution: Sunnybrook Research Institute Co-Investigators: Andrea M. Covelli, Erin Kennedy, Fayez A. Quereshy ARCC Program Area(s): Health Systems, Services, and Policy Funding Term: 2018-2019 Project Summary: The standard of care for stage 2/3 rectal cancer is neoadjuvant chemo-radiation, followed by proctectomy. Post-operative complications can include (more…)

Activating cancer communities through an exercise strategy for survivors

Lead Researcher(s):  Melanie Keats Lead Institution: Dalhousie University Co-Investigators:  Scott Grandy, Chris Blanchard, Nicole Culos-Reid, Nick Giacomantonio, Miroslaw Radja ARCC Program Area(s): Funding Term: 2018-2019 Project Summary: The objectives of this one-year study were to: 1) examine feasibility of implementing exercise into the lives of cancer survivors (e.g., physician and (more…)

Connected health to address the information and support needs of patients and surviors of young-onset colorectal cancer (CONNECT)

Lead Researcher(s):  Mary de Vera Lead Institution: University of British Columbia Co-Investigators: Helen McTaggart-Cowan, Sharlene Gill, Jonathan Loree ARCC Program Area(s): Funding Term: 2018-2019 Project Summary: The aim of our ARCC seed grant proposal was to gain better understanding of the information and support needs of patients and survivors of (more…)

Cancer survivors education 4.0: exploring experimental learning through real-life experience according to age group

Lead Researcher(s):  Karine Bilodeau Lead Institution: Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal (CRCHUM) Co-Investigators: Jacinthe Pepin, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Serge Sultan, Nathalie Folch, Danielle Charpentier, Marie-France Vachon, Marie-Charlotte Charrie ARCC Program Area(s): Funding Term: 2018-2019 Project Summary: This project focuses on the challenges faced by cancer survivors (more…)

Connect 4 Health: Needs and Requirements for a Peer Navigation Digital App for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer

Lead Researcher(s):  Jackie Bender Lead Institution: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Co-Investigators: Norma M. D’Agostino, Adha A. Gupta, Laura Mitchell, Fuchsia Howard, Sheila Garland, Argerie Tsimicalis, Emily Drake, Karine Chaliflour, Anthony Marrato, Nikki Leigh McKean, Adriana Lombardo ARCC Program Area(s): Funding Term: 2018-2019 Project Summary: The aim of this patient-oriented research (more…)

Communicating imprecision in prognostic tools

Lead Researcher(s):  Nick Bansback Lead Institution: University of British Columbia Co-Investigators: Mark Harrison, Paul K Han, Borsika Rabin ARCC Program Area(s): Health Systems, Services, and Policy Funding Term: 2017 Project Summary: Understanding and communicating prognosis is an important area of interest for cancer patients, their caregivers and providers. This information (more…)

Public Genomics: Examining public uptake and use of genome squencing

Lead Researcher(s):  Yvonne Bombard Lead Institution: University of Toronto/St. Michael’s Hospital Co-Investigators: Jordan Lerner-Ellis, Raymond Kim, Emily Glogowski, Kasmintan Schrader, Adena Scheer, Ahmed Bayoumi, Nancy Baxter, Kevin Thorpe, Andreas Laupacis ARCC Program Area(s): Societal Values and Public Engagement Funding Term: 2017-2019 Project Summary: Genome sequencing (GS) is a driver of (more…)

Risk of second cancer after breast cancer treatment

Lead Researcher(s): Hedy Jiang Lead Institution: University of Toronto/Cancer Care Ontario Co-Investigators: Anna Chiarelli, Prithwish De, Andrea Eisen, Derek Muradali ARCC Program Area(s): Survivorship Funding Term: 2017-2018 Project Summary: Previous studies have found that breast cancer patients have a more than two fold increased risk of developing a contralateral breast (more…)

Impact of smoking on health care cost among cancer patients in Ontario

Lead Researcher(s):  Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai Lead Institution: St. Michael’s Hospital/Cancer Care Ontario Co-Investigators:  Claire de Oliveira, Nicole Mittmann, Kelvin Chan Collaborators: Bill Evans, Alice Peter, Rebecca Truscott ARCC Program Area(s): Health Systems, Services, and Policy Funding Term: 2017 Project Summary: Cancer is not a single disease; depending on the classification, there (more…)

A population cohort on contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: a concern for over-aggressive treatment of breast cancer patients in Canada

Lead Researcher(s):  Angel Arnaout Lead Institution: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Co-Investigators: Janet Squires, Carl Van Walraven, Mark Clemons ARCC Program Area(s): Health Systems, Services, and Policy Funding Term: 2017 Project Summary: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian women with over 24,000 diagnosed annually. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) (more…)
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