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Cadillac Fairview Run raises $250K for kids with cancer
Thank you to the families and friends who came out to support POGO and The Hospital for Sick Children!
On Sunday, April 26th, the 11th annual Cadillac Fairview 5K Run/Walk took place at its new venue at Shops at Don Mills.
Every year, this family-friendly event is a great way to take in the outdoors and support childhood cancer care. With both 5km and 1km routes, there is something for everyone.
In 2015, the Cadillac Fairview 5K Run/Walk raised over $250,000 for POGO and the Hospital for Sick Children, which goes towards essential programs for children with cancer, including counselling programs for survivors and financial support for families. Melissa Vella spoke about her experience as a young childhood cancer patient
Cadillac Fairview, a longstanding partner with POGO, is committed to supporting the communities in which it operates. Each year, they invite their friends – business partners, tenants, consumers, and employees – to participate in a meaningful and fun morning of physical activity and community engagement.
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PBS Cancer Documentary, Part 3
Wednesday’s episode: 6-year old Emily has leukemia and Doug Rogers, a 60-year-old NASCAR mechanic with melanoma. Each is a pioneer in new immunotherapy treatments. Both see their advanced cancers recede and are able to resume normal lives.
This episode picks up the story at another moment of buoyant optimism in the cancer world: Scientists believe they have cracked the essential mystery of the malignant cell and the first targeted therapies have been developed, with the promise of many more to follow. But very quickly cancer reveals new layers of complexity and a formidable array of unforeseen defenses. In the disappointment that follows, many call for a new focus on prevention and early detection as the most promising fronts in the war on cancer. But other scientists are undeterred, and by the second decade of the 2000s their work pays off. The bewildering complexity of the cancer cell, so recently considered unassailable, yields to a more ordered picture, revealing new vulnerabilities and avenues of attack. Perhaps most exciting of all is the prospect of harnessing the human immune system to defeat cancer.
Tune in to Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, 3-part documentary
Airing on PBS, 9 – 11 p.m. (Check your local listings)
Monday, March 30 – Magic Bullets
Tuesday, March 31 – The Blind Men and the Elephant
Wednesday, April 1 – Finding the Achilles Heel
This three-part film tells the comprehensive story of cancer, from its first documented appearances to the modern-day fight for a cure. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, Ken Burns’ film weaves together a captivating historical narrative with intimate stories about contemporary patients, and an investigation into the latest scientific breakthroughs that may bring a cure within reach.
Learn more at www.pbs.org.
Purchase the series at www.shoppbs.org.
Watch Katie Couric interview Mukherjee and Burns on Yahoo News.
PBS Cancer Documentary, Part 2
Tuesday’s episode: The story of Dr. Lori Wilson, a surgical oncologist diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in both breasts in 2013. Her emotional and physical struggles with the disease provide a bracing counterpoint to the historical narrative that picks up in the wake of the declaration of a “war on cancer” by Richard Nixon in 1971. Flush with optimism and awash with federal dollars, the cancer field plunges forward in search of a cure. In the lab, rapid progress is made in understanding the essential nature of the cancer cell, leading to the revolutionary discovery of the genetic basis of cancer. But at the bedside, where patients are treated, few new therapies become available, and a sense of disillusionment takes hold, leading some patients and doctors to take desperate measures. It is not until the late 1990s that the advances in research begin to translate into more precise targeted therapies with the breakthrough drugs Gleevec and Herceptin.
Tune in to Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, 3-part documentary
Airing on PBS, 9 – 11 p.m. (Check your local listings)
Monday, March 30 – Magic Bullets
Tuesday, March 31 – The Blind Men and the Elephant
Wednesday, April 1 – Finding the Achilles Heel
This three-part film tells the comprehensive story of cancer, from its first documented appearances to the modern-day fight for a cure. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, Ken Burns’ film weaves together a captivating historical narrative with intimate stories about contemporary patients, and an investigation into the latest scientific breakthroughs that may bring a cure within reach.
Learn more at www.pbs.org.
Purchase the series at www.shoppbs.org.
Watch Katie Couric interview Mukherjee and Burns on Yahoo News.
PBS Cancer Documentary, Part 1
Monday’s episode: The search for a cure plus, little Olivia Blair who, at 14 months, was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which spreads to her brain and spinal column. The film follows her as she and her parents struggle with the many hardships and decisions foisted upon a cancer patient. She remains in full remission a year after her diagnosis, but is still on her journey to finish her three-year treatment plan. Also featured: Sidney Farber, who, defying conventional wisdom in the late 1940s, introduces the modern era of chemotherapy, and his full-scale national “war on cancer.”
Tune in to Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, 3-part documentary
Airing on PBS, 9 – 11 p.m. (Check your local listings)
Monday, March 30 – Magic Bullets
Tuesday, March 31 – The Blind Men and the Elephant
Wednesday, April 1 – Finding the Achilles Heel
This three-part film tells the comprehensive story of cancer, from its first documented appearances to the modern-day fight for a cure. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, Ken Burns’ film weaves together a captivating historical narrative with intimate stories about contemporary patients, and an investigation into the latest scientific breakthroughs that may bring a cure within reach.
Learn more at www.pbs.org.
Watch Katie Couric interview Mukherjee and Burns on Yahoo News.
Dr. Paul Rogers: The Role of Nutrition in Childhood Cancer
Dr. Paul Rogers explains that malnourishment can in fact result from receiving very high dose chemotherapy, and, as a consequence, medical teams need to be more proactive in supporting children’s dietary needs. He suggests that weight, though it’s the most common measure, isn’t a sufficient indicator on its own. Dr. Rogers points out that while nutritional supports can diminish the effects of chemotherapy and help a child maintain their health while in treatment, he is clear that research is still needed to determine the overall impact on disease.
Dr. Paul Rogers is a pediatric oncologist at BC Children’s Hospital and Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia. He presented “The Role of Nutrition in Pediatric Oncology” at the 2013 POGO Symposium on Childhood Cancer, an annual education event to help health care professionals remain up-to-date in the rapidly advancing field of pediatric oncology.
Straight Talk about Childhood Cancer is POGO’s new series of video shorts featuring the insights of experts whose leading-edge work impacts the care, treatment and quality of life of childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families.