Cancer

Hope & Cope founder Sheila Kussner (Photo: John Mahoney/Montreal Gazette-Postmedia Network Inc) People

The one and only Sheila Kussner

Sheila Kussner, BA’53, LLD’90, is the driving force behind Hope & Cope and its innovative approach to supporting cancer patients, an indispensable ally in McGill’s efforts to create a Department of Oncology, and now, the subject of a new book. 

Discovery

Positioning Canada as a world leader in patient-centric cancer research

The Goodman Cancer Research Centre is a key player in the new Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres network, a national initiative aimed at offering treatments tailored to the unique characteristics of different patients.

Discovery

An understudied killer: New network tackles lung cancer

Lung cancer is unfairly stigmatized and research on the deadly disease has been underfunded. A new Lung Cancer Network, launched by the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, hopes to bring a more coordinated focus to research efforts.

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