Head and neck cancer survivorship
Due to the site of the cancer, head and neck cancer (HNCa) survivors face unique challenges and serious h
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Miriam Rosin Projects
Community Oral Cancer Screening
Oral cancer is an important global health problem. The disease has a high mortality rate (~63% 5-year survival) mainly due to the advanced stage at which it i
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Miriam Rosin Oral Cancer Prevention Longitudinal Study (OCPL)
At the core of the BC OCPP is the
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Miriam Rosin HPV FOCAL Study
Objective: Evaluation of the long term protection of primary HPV testing for cervix screening in a large cohort of BC women
Cervix Check
CervixCheck is exploring options to improve cervix screening rates in the underscreened by use of a digital platform providing women the opportunity to self-collect of samples for HPV-based testing for cervix screening. Pilot project currently being rolled out in the Fraser Health region, w
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Gina Ogilvie Discovering genetic susceptibility factors for breast cancer in an innovative international consortium
This project aims to discover new markers of breast cancer through an international effort focused on low-penetrance alleles that, in combination, have a high probability of explaining a large proportion of breast cancer risk.
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