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IMPROVING ACCESS TO INNOVATIVE CANCER THERAPIES IN CANADA

March 7, 2018

According to 2017 Canadian Cancer Society statistics, almost half of all Canadians will develop cancer in their lifetime. Cancer remains the leading cause of death in Canada, responsible for 30.2% of lives lost nation-wide. Advances in the molecular characterization of many cancers have led to a subdivision of these cancers into several molecular sub-types, resulting in a complex collection of diseases. It has become increasingly clear not only that no two patients’ cancer is the same, but even within one person’s disease there is a large amount of heterogeneity.

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IMPROVING ACCESS TO INNOVATIVE CANCER THERAPIES IN CANADA