Ride for Cancer
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Hi my name is Jenn. On Saturday, September 28, 2024, our BMO Ride for Cancer community will come together with one common goal: to transform local cancer care at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.
In 2024, our 10th anniversary year, our BMO Ride for Cancer community will unlock a new era of cancer care by funding liquid biopsy technology at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.
Nova Scotia has the highest cancer rates in all of Canada. 1 in 3 patients will not survive. To help combat these alarming stats, our BMO Ride for Cancer community is rallying like never before to introduce a non-invasive blood test that will determine if a patient’s cancer is cured, if it has returned, and, if so, how best to treat it.
Faster diagnosis saves lives, which is why BMO Ride for Cancer is on a mission to bring rapid cancer detection and monitoring to patients who have already undergone treatment. With a simple blood test that can happen anywhere in the province, QEII experts will use a patient’s genetics to uncover whether they’re cancer-free after surgery and the earliest signs if their cancer has returned.
This technology will be a total game-changer. Life-changing benefits made possible by our BMO Ride participants and their networks will include:
- introducing a non-invasive test to detect remaining traces of cancer or determine if it’s been cured;
- improving survival rates and provide potential cures with earlier detection and personalized treatment options;
- sparing patients from unnecessary treatments and harmful side effects;
- keeping care closer to home and ensuring equitable access, as patients can undergo a simple blood test in any community in Nova Scotia;
- reducing the number of visits required to the QEII, which ultimately impacts wait times;
- unlocking access to more clinical trials;
- providing critical answers about a patient’s cancer sooner, helping to relieve anxiety and worry;
- reducing costs and burden on the healthcare system as fewer biopsies and cancer treatments, like chemotherapy, are expected;
- stopping cancer in its tracks before it spreads; and much, much more.
Your donation is very appreciated to help us fund these medical advancements!
Organizer
Jennifer Meisner
Organizer
Halifax, NS