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Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network reaches major milestone, achieving its goal of 15,000 genomes sequenced for game-changing cancer dataset The Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network (MOHCCN), a pan-Canadian initiative led by the Terry Fox Research Institute and the Terry Fox Foundation, today announced that it had achieved its goal of s...

ICYMI: Last month, MOHCCN officially achieved our goal of sequencing 15,000 cancer patient genomes, a major milestone in our efforts to accelerate precision oncology for cancer patients in Canada. Read the full story: www.marathonofhopecancercentres.ca/impact/news-...

🍁📈February 2026: Going beyond 15,000🍁📈

🧬💪Strength in numbers: We added another 523 full genomic profiles to our already 15k-case strong Gold Cohort.

📋⬆️Steady towards our goal: Clinical data from 768 patients was also added to the Gold Cohort, bringing our total number of complete cases to 9,589!

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The MOHCCN Health Informatics & Data Science Awards provide outstanding early-career researchers with funding to support high-quality research in precision oncology.

Applications for our 2026 awards are open now: www.marathonofhopecancercentres.ca/funding-oppo...

This presentation was part of a MOHCCN seminar featuring short, plain-language talks by recipients of 2023 and 2024 Health Informatics & Data Science Awards.

Check out all the presentations from our HI&DS awardees in the full seminar recording: tinyurl.com/mpaw2xus

🧬Where did the cancer begin? It’s a crucial treatment question and not always clear, even to experts.🧬

2024 MOHCCN Health Informatics & Data Science awardee Ali Khajegili Mirabadi is using AI to find answers in routine pathology slides.

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🍁🏥For rural patients, cancer care has too often meant leaving home and family and facing uncertainty in an unfamiliar place. 🍁🏥

Change is underway. Dr. Suzanne Campbell explores how community oncology, research access, and MOHCCN-supported initiatives are making a difference.

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🏥🌐Building learning healthcare systems to accelerate access to precision oncology across Canada🏥🌐

Precision oncology is transforming care in Canada, but access isn’t equal. PRISm, led by Dr. Dean Regier at BC Cancer and UBC, aims to close the gap.

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For the first time, TFRI is investing directly in cancer prevention, partnering with CIHR & CCS, and investing $10M to support projects that deepen our understanding of cancer development and advance early detection and risk reduction.

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Exceptional rapid-fire talks—well done! 👏👏 Congrats to all award winners, including Andrew Garven, one of our @sinclaircri.bsky.social PhD students! Watch Andrew's talk, “Decoding epithelial plasticity: Exploring SWI-SNF complex mutations on bladder cancer progression,” starting ~16:36 below.

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Couldn’t join us for the latest Health Informatics & Data Science Awards seminar? The full video is now live!

2024 and 2025 HI&DS awardees gave rapid-fire talks on their research to Network members as part of the MOHCCN Seminar Series

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📝Tomorrow! Register Now📝

Don’t miss this virtual event featuring short, plain-language presentations by recipients of our Health Informatics & Data Science Award!

📅: Thursday, February 19, 2026
⌚: 9am PT / 10am MT / 11am CT / 12pm ET / 1pm AT / 1:30pm NT

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📣Participants needed! Help shape the future of clinical trials📣

Researchers working on a Patient Voices in Research Initiative are conducting a study to develop recommendations for ensuring that future cancer clinical trials are person-centered and accessible.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/3bym3atc

Unraveling the mystery of why some cancer treatments stop working Cancer researchers working on immunotherapies have made a big discovery: SLAMF6, a molecule on the surface of immune cells that prevents T-c...

Congratulations to TFRI's @marathonofhope.bsky.social executive director, Dr. André Veillette, and his team at IRCM & UdeM on discovering SLAMF6, an internal brake on the immune system, and developing antibodies to neutralize it.

Learn more about this breakthrough: www.tfri.ca/updates/news...

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📺 New episode of Network Voices Conversations 📺

Right treatment, right patient, right time—but what about the right dose and duration?

Patient Working Group members Beverley Riediger & Dan Murphy talk common sense oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali

Check out their conversation▶️ tinyurl.com/2s3f7r5n

We're so grateful to all the women of MOHCCN for the incredible work that they do every day.

Great to see Yahan Zhang and her innovative liquid biopsy project being showcased!

Notably, all of our 2025 HI&DS awardees were women. Learn more: www.marathonofhopecancercentres.ca/impact/news-...

To mark International Day of Women and Girls in STEM, we’re highlighting women across TFRI and its programs who are advancing cancer genomics, immunotherapy, machine learning and AI-driven health data solutions.

Discover their stories and the impactful work they do: tinyurl.com/yd69ykbe

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Did you miss our Network Seminar on clinical trial projects? The complete video is now available on demand.

On Wednesday, February 4, MOHCCN researchers presented their ongoing Network-funded work in the clinical trial space.

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🍁Join us for the next event in our MOHCCN Seminar Series🍁

This virtual event will feature short, plain-language presentations by our HI&DS awardees!

📅: Thursday, February 19, 2026
⌚: 9am PT / 10am MT / 11am CT / 12pm ET / 1pm AT / 1:30pm NT

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🍁🔬MOHCCN Health Informatics & Data Science Awards 2026 Launch🍁🔬

HI&DS Awards provide early-career researchers in health informatics and related fields with funding to support high-quality research.

Full application due: Thursday, April 9th , 2026 (11:59pm ET)

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