Several weeks ago now, close to 1000 cancer
researchers – scientists, clinicians, mathematicians, investors, and public
health officials – from across Canada came together at the Canadian Cancer
Research Conference (link) in Montreal, QC, to discuss our insights, successes,
questions, and our hopes for cancer research.
Although the disciplines are diverse, we share one common goal: to better
prevent, detect, and treat cancer.
This is the third time such a conference
has been held in Canada and the second time that I have attended. Because of the breadth of disciplines
attending the event, the wealth of information and the topics are varied and
very rarely lend to boredom.
Although the science can be detailed, and
the big ideas mind-bending, there were several moments that struck me in their
importance. For brevity, I will just
list them and let you ponder them.
Hopefully, over the next several months, we can delve deeper into these
ideas.
