Politics of breast cancer: Advancing research

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Politics of breast cancer: advancing research

Chemotherapy, gene therapy, radiotherapy: There are so many directions in which researchers are searching for a cure for breast cancer.

Are we pushing in the right directions? Should promising new research get funding when the medical system has trouble delivering tried and proven procedures that can save lives and improve quality of life for breast cancer patients, now?

Join SFU public affairs and media relations officer Carol Thorbes for some thought-provoking discussion of these questions on Wednesday, October 25. A breast cancer survivor, Thorbes writes about and promotes SFU research.

Two SFU breast cancer researchers, Karim Karim and Sharon Gorski, and an SFU faculty of health sciences staffer, Manjeet Gill, who fundraises for breast cancer research, will help Thorbes host the discussion. Karim, Gorski and Gill are also SFU graduates.

Karim, an assistant professor of engineering science, is developing a form of X-ray radiotherapy that promises to make breast cancer radiation more effective and accessible.

Gorski is a scientist at the B.C. Cancer Agency Genome Sciences centre and an adjunct professor in molecular biology. She is exploring how a cell recycling process in the body can be altered to improve the efficacy of breast cancer treatment.

SFU Burnaby’s Renaissance Coffee in the Cornerstone Building, 8906 High St., will be the setting for this free public discussion around a cozy fireplace, 7 to 9 p.m.

Donations to support Weekend to End Breast Cancer will be gratefully accepted.