Getting to Know Cancer
Cause Area
- Environment
- Health & Medicine
- International
Location
36 Arthur StreetTruro, Nova Scotia B2N 1X5Canada CanadaOrganization Information
Mission Statement
To share holistic, scientific knowledge about cancer with key stakeholders who have an interest in the disease in a manner that ultimately results in societal changes that reduce the public’s exposure to disruptive environmental agents that can act in concert with one another to instigate cancer. And to inspire funding, and applied research that will lead to a "broad-spectrum" therapeutics that can help us reduce the incidence of cancer, and treat the disease more effectively.
Description
We have just finished a project that involved 350 scientists in 31 countries and we have a vision for important next steps that will truly make a difference. We have a special interest in improving environmental health (as it relates to cancer and chemicals in the environment) and in helping bring affordable medications to low and middle income countries around the globe (where the burden of cancer is greatest).