Abstract Submission Now Open!
Abstract submission for the 2025 Canadian Cancer Research Conference (CCRC) is now open. Submissions from the entire spectrum of cancer research topics are welcome! The CCRC will be an in-person event and will take place in Calgary from November 2 to 4, 2025. The conference theme is “New Horizons in Cancer Research: Opportunities and Challenges.” Abstract submission deadline: Friday, June 6, 2025. For more information, go to https://www.ccra-acrc.ca/conference/abstracts/.

Over the last 2 years, Dr. Perri Tutelman, Chantale Thurston, and Dr. Fiona Schulte, in collaboration with the James Lind Alliance (JLA), worked with the adolescent and young adult cancer (AYA) community to establish what research topics matter most to patients, their loved ones, and clinician...
Effective January 1, 2020, Dr. Don Desserud begins his term as the Patient/Family Representative on the CCRA Advisory Board. Dr. Desserud participated in the 2019 Patient Involvement in Cancer Research Project (PIP) and is a survivor of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Dr. Desserud is a Political Science professo...