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Research effort to study link between shift work and colorectal cancer

It’s no secret shift work can wreak havoc on your health. A grant handed out Wednesday under a program backed by the Windsor Essex County Cancer Centre Foundation will help a University of Windsor researcher in determining any connection between shift work and colorectal cancer. “This is not to discover a drug,” said Phillip Karpowicz, an …

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Breast cancer study to help Windsor women first

Women in Windsor-Essex will benefit first from a new study that is trying to help women with one of the worst forms of breast cancer. University of Windsor biology researcher Lisa Porter and Windsor Regional Hospital oncologist Dr. Carolyn Hamm recently received more than $765,000 to study triple-negative breast cancer. Cancer cells from tumours from about 100 …

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Optimizing Novel Therapies for Medulloblastoma

Lisa Porter, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Windsor Project Summary: Medulloblastoma is the most prevalent of all childhood brain cancers, with average 5 year survival rates of approximately 62% for children ages 0-14. There are at least 4 very distinct types of this disease that have different prognoses and likewise require independent treatment strategies. Among …

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