What is cancer?

What is cancer?

Update: 2024-10-15
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Dr. Robert Turcotte, Orthopedic Surgeon (MGH-MUHC) and Dr. Jonathan Cools-Lartigue, Thoracic Surgeon (MGH-MUHC) explain the basics of this disease, which is the leading cause of death in Canada. What are metastases? Can sarcoma be cured? They answer these and other questions. Learn more about cancer from these two experts.   

Dr. Cools-Lartigue is a spokesperson for Together Against Cancer, a unique collaboration between the Cedars Cancer Foundation and the Montreal General Hospital Foundation.  Our goal is to raise $100 million to support transformative projects that will improve the experience, quality of life, and outcomes of cancer patients.  

Join us and give the best you can. 

Togetheragainstcancer.ca 

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00:36 What is cancer?
01:09 What is sarcoma?
01:27 What are the types of sarcoma?
01:44 Can sarcomas be cured?
02:06 What causes cancer?
03:05 What are the common cancer symptoms?
04:13 Why is cancer so difficult to cure?
05:21 What is metastasis?
05:49 What do the stages of cancer mean?
07:12 How do people die of esophageal cancer?
07:43 How do you determine the right treatment to follow?
08:52 What is chemotherapy?
09:35 What is immunotherapy?
10:18 Why is it an interesting time in cancer research?

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