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Ontario Parents Advocating for Children with Cancer (OPACC). Charity supporting families of children with cancer in Ontario, Canada since 1995.
Ontario, Canada
Joined August 2011
Meet Adam, our OPACC "Kid of the Month" from Bolton, ON! Read his story (scroll to the end) & others of OPACC kids & #childhoodcancer families at: #childhoodcancerawareness
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OPACC volunteers will be at the @RamaGamingHouse.in #Scarborough tonight from 8-10PM for our #charitablegaming event to raise funds for our Toronto #childhoodcancer families. More #volunteers needed (aged 19+)!
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We love seeing your pictures with your OPACC lawn signs helping to spread #childhoodcancerawareness throughout Ontario!
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Many thanks to @MayorOliviaChow for proclaiming September 2025 as #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth in the @cityoftoronto! . Join OPACC at our flag raising tomorrow at Toronto City Hall:
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Planned C-Sections Linked to Higher Risk of Cancer in Children:
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Planned caesarean births—"C-sections"—slightly raise the risk of some childhood cancers—particularly acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer of the blood and bone marrow.Read more:...
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Our Parent Liaisons will be at SickKids today from 10:30am-12:30pm (Sears Cancer Clinic) for our #childhoodcancer parent support drop-in. If you are in hospital, please stop by to say Hi and get FREE resources and peer support!
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Our Parent Liaison volunteer Patricia will be at the POGO clinic at Credit Valley Hospital in #Mississauga today from 9-11am for our weekly drop-in support session for #childhoodcancer families! If you are at CVH, please stop by to say Hi and get FREE resources and peer support!
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Please join OPACC for a free lunch at SickKids on September 11th, catered by Oh Dough She Didn’t! See poster for details. No need to register, just drop in.
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Timepoint at which developing B-cells become cancerous impacts leukemia treatment:
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Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and University Health Network showed that the stage of B-cell development at which leukemia arises impacts B-ALL therapy response and clinical...
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Our Parent Liaisons will be at SickKids today from 10:30am-12:30pm (Sears Cancer Clinic) for our #childhoodcancer parent support drop-in. If you are in hospital, please stop by to say Hi and get FREE resources and peer support!
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Our Parent Liaison Susan attended the #childhoodcancerawareness flag raising in #Whitby yesterday, organized by OPACC parent Lee-Ann in memory of her son, James. Thank you to Mayor Elizabeth Roy for proclaiming September 2025 as #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth in Whitby.
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We are re-publishing this month on our socials our 2025 OPACC Scholarship winners essays. This week, we are featuring Wolfgang's essay (our Survivor scholarship winner, from Toronto). Read it on our Facebook page here: #childhoodcancer #scholarship
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Some cancer cells just won't commit: Why that might be good news for neuroblastoma patients:
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Identifying why some patients regress and others don't could help thousands of patients. [...] In mice bred to have tumors that were presumed to regress, they discovered a population of "uncommitted"...
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Our Parent Liaisons will be at SickKids today from 10:30am-12:30pm (Sears Cancer Clinic) for our #childhoodcancer parent support drop-in. If you are in hospital, please stop by to say Hi and get FREE resources and peer support!
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As many of our kids headed back to school today, we invite you to check out our list of educational resources for kids who have been diagnosed with cancer: #firstdayofschool #childhoodcancer
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Genetics of cardiomyopathy risk in cancer survivors differ by age of onset:
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Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital studied how common and rare genetic variants influence late-onset cardiomyopathy risk, highlighting the unique genetic complexity of childhood...
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