It may seem like we’ve been fighting this
fight forever. But we haven’t.
There was a time, not long
ago, when cancer was a death
sentence. And the treatment
was dreaded almost as much
as the disease. We’ve seen that
change in our lifetime, at
The Princess Margaret.
We’ve seen the entire process
of cancer care forever
altered. We’ve seen radical
mastectomies become
lumpectomies. We’ve seen
the precision of image guided
therapies spare more healthy
tissue. We’ve seen undreamed-
of advances at the cellular
level and revolutionary work in
healing beyond the body.
All in our lifetime. All at
The Princess Margaret.
We see the things we do, give
hope to millions, one person
at a time. We’ve transformed
a provincial cancer hospital
into one of the world’s top five
cancer research centres. As a
proud partner of the University
Health Network, we’ve grown
our people into the thousands.
We see leading researchers,
from all over the world, leave
their homes to come here.
Because this is where they
believe the fight will be
finished. In our lifetime.
Yes, we are still losing people
to cancer. But more and more,
we are controlling the cancer,
instead of cancer controlling
us. We now know that every
cancer is as individual as the
patient. So we’re developing
personalized care that delivers
the right treatment to the right
patient at the right time. This is
the future of cancer medicine,
and we are on the forefront of
that progress, today.
It may seem like we’ll be
fighting this fight forever.
But we won’t. Because
we’re closing in. We have
the momentum. We have
the talent. And we have the
passion. This is the front
line. We are Canada’s cancer
warriors. But we can’t do it
alone.
The world needs to hear
The Princess Margaret message.
So share it at every
opportunity with anyone who
will listen.
It’s a simple message, really.
But it’s a message of incredible
power: we are conquering
cancer at Canada’s cancer
research centre, The Princess
Margaret. In our lifetime.
