C17 Council

@C17Council

An organization composed of the institutionally appointed heads of the sixteen pediatric hematology, oncology, and stem cell transplant programs across Canada.

Edmonton, AB

Joined July 2020

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C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 25

Components of Family Meetings for Hospitalized Children With Serious Illness: A Scoping Review pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40592505/

C17Council's tweet card. There is a developing body of evidence about family meetings, which is largely focused on intensive care settings, that can inform development of targeted research to support implementation of family...

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Jordan R. Hansford@auscancadoc · 14 h

Day one of the brain cancer symposium in Banff. What a location for a meeting. #thecurestartsnow #dipgdmgcollaborative

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C17 Council@C17Council · 17 h

Preparing Implementation of Transition Readiness Screening: What Do Paediatric Cancer Survivors and Caregivers Want? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cc…

C17 Council@C17Council · 18 h

The Canadian Collaboration for Child Health: Efficiency and Excellence in the Ethics Review of Research (CHEER) July newsletter: mcusercontent.com/bedac0a08eb374…

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Survivor Network CA@survivornetca · Jul 25

Did you or your loved one need to leave your hometown or city for cancer treatment in the past 5 years? If so, were your finances, employment, housing, education, family life and/or social support impacted by having to leave your community for cancer treatment?

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 25

N2 Newsflash - July 2025 c17blog.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/n2-…

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CAC2@cac2org · Jul 25

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Let’s start sharing these powerful graphics to raise awareness and show our support! Add these images as a frame around a photo of yourself and share it to show your support. Use the hashtags #CancelChildhoodCancer #GoldStrong #CAC2

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 24

It’s okay to feel overwhelmed, scared, or angry when your child is diagnosed with cancer. There’s no “right” way to feel—just take it one moment at a time. 💛 #ChildhoodCancer #ParentSupport

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 24

Generative AI for weakly supervised segmentation and downstream classification of brain tumors on MR images pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…

C17Council's tweet card. Segmenting abnormalities is a leading problem in medical imaging. Using machine learning for segmentation generally requires manually annotated segmentations, demanding extensive time and resources...

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 23

ACCESS Presents: Ahead of Their Time - Premature and Accelerated Aging in Survivors of Childhood Cancer ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 23

🔍 Curious about childhood cancer trends in Canada? CYP-C enables access to data that has powered studies on survival, access to care, and more. Learn how to apply: c17.ca/committees/CYP… #CYPC_CCJC

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Healthy Debate@HealthyDebate · Jul 23

Rethinking our stewardship of patient health data in the age of AI healthydebate.ca/2025/07/topic/…

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C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 23

JOB POSTING: Leukemia/Lymphoma Faculty Position, Hospital for Sick Children link.sosido.com/yDkK6Q

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 23

What factors influence sexual and reproductive health care among adolescent and young adult cancer patients?: a novel serial focus group study pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…

C17Council's tweet card. Disparities in sexual and reproductive health care at diagnosis and during treatment for adolescent and young adult (AYA, ages 15–39) cancer patients may be linked to various factors, including those...

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 22

Therapeutic radiation drives leptomeningeal dissemination of medulloblastoma through an innate immune process pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40609543/

C17Council's tweet card. Leptomeningeal metastases are the most important source of morbidity and mortality for medulloblastoma patients. Radiation of the entire brain is highly effective in the treatment and/or prevention...

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 22

Only 14% of Canadian children with non-CNS solid tumours are enrolled in clinical trials for initial treatment. For leukemia, it's 48%. Explore the data: health-infobase.canada.ca/cancer/clinica… #ChildhoodCancer #ClinicalTrials #CYPC_CCJC

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 21

Behind the Scenes: coordinating clinical trials thecogfoundation.org/behind-the-sce…

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 21

Prevalence of Chronic and Acute Malnutrition and Association With Overall Three-Year Survival in Newly Diagnosed Children With Cancer in South Africa pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40613404/

C17Council's tweet card. MUAC/A identified more children with undernutrition than other nutritional parameters. Stunting was significantly associated with poorer OS 3 years and EFS 2 years after a cancer diagnosis. Optimal...

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 20

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Future of Blood Cancer Treatment: Innovation in Research 2025 youtube.com/watch?v=eelDR0…

C17 Council@C17Council · Jul 20

Distress Evokes a Visual Attention Bias to Treatment-Related Scenes in Children and Adolescents Treated for a Posterior Fossa Brain Tumour pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40619703/

C17Council's tweet card. The high treatment burden associated with CRT likely contributes to increased distress and visual avoidance of treatment-related scenes, which may reflect attempts to regulate unpleasant emotional...