Tag: cancer-care
![A pediatric radiation therapist stands in portrait smiling.](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Melanie-Carrigan-poster.jpg)
Introducing… a pediatric radiation therapist
Melanie Carrigan is driven to assist families during what is likely to be the most difficult circumstance they will face in their lives.
![Sue Clayton](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Sue-Clayton-WEB-e1535119336542.jpg)
Compassionate cancer care
The pain in Sue’s left shoulder was probably just a kink in her muscle from sleeping the wrong way – or so she hoped. Sue was in complete shock when she received an unexpected diagnosis.
![John Eikelboom, explorer, co-principal investigator of COMPASS](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/John-Eikelboom-small.jpg)
Cancer and heart disease: An unexpected discovery
Our researchers have discovered that patients with heart disease who develop major internal bleeding are much more likely to be diagnosed with cancer...
![A technologist stands beside an X-ray machine used for mammograms](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Mammogram-story-Dana-Petruccelli-web-size-2.jpg)
Add a mammogram to your summer to-do list
An X-ray technologist at the Breast Assessment Centre had an interesting way to reach out to employees...
![Dr. Amy Montour stands in front of the Mobile Cancer Screening Coach with her parents](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Amy-Montour-and-parents-print-size-2_preview.jpeg)
Cancer screening coach services Indigenous communities
Dr. Amy Montour believes that community is all about family. That’s why she's a passionate supporter of the Mobile Cancer Screening Coach, which offers free...
![A nurse practitioner listens to patient, Russell Crooks' chest with a stethoscope](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/RESSCU-Russell-Crooks-web-size-3_preview.jpeg)
RESSCU: The right care in the right place at the right time
A life raft is most effective when it’s at your fingertips when trouble strikes—not when you have to swim through cold and choppy water to reach it. That’s why we developed RESSCU, a...
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