Pancreatic Cancer Canada provides comprehensive support, resources, and advocacy to patients, caregivers, and the broader community affected by pancreatic cancer, driving research and raising awareness to improve survival rates and treatment options.
Greg Anderson was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer in 1984. He was given only 30 days to live. Refusing to accept the hopelessness of this prognosis, he went searching for people who had lived even though their doctors had told them they were 'terminal.' His findings from interviews with over 16,000 cancer survivors form the strategies and action points for what has become a cancer survival movement. In 1985, Greg started what is today Cancer Recovery Foundation International, a global group of organizations whose mission is to help all people prevent and survive cancer. Cancer Recovery Foundation of Canada is a member of Cancer Recovery Foundation International, a 5-star 'Best' Award winner by Independent Charities rating service. Cancer Recovery Foundation assists children and adults who are facing the hardships of a cancer diagnosis. The Foundation focuses on improving the mental, social and emotional well-being while helping to minimize the devastation that cancer can cause. A national footprint allows the Foundation to make a difference in all communities, providing a helping hand wherever needed financially, educationally and supportively
Wellwood will share the wisdom gathered from the experience of those who live and work with cancer to ease the journey for all.
Wellwood is a community-based, non-profit organization which provides information, supportive care programs and peer support to people who have received a diagnosis of cancer, their families and caregivers, and healthcare providers. Working with existing community agencies and cancer care providers, Wellwood aims to provide integrative supportive care.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment can relieve the symptoms of disease, regulate immune function and prolong the patient's 'life-span'. The combination of Western medicine and Chinese medicine plays an important role in the treatment of cancer. treatment, both symptoms and cause of the tumor should be treated at the same time. Different therapies should be taken according to the different conditions. It is not only able to reduce the side-effects, but also enhances the function and efficiency of the immune system, improve the recovery of health, prevent relapse and transfer, and increase the therapeutic effects.