OUR 2022 CAUSE: PERSONALIZED RADIOTHERAPY
In 2022, BMO Ride for Cancer will play a monumental role in funding a first-in-the-world cancer-fighting technology, called personalized radiotherapy, at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.
This technology has the potential to target radiation beams like never before; completely personalized based on the shape and movement of a patient’s tumour and anatomy mere minutes before their treatment begins. This technology aims to reduce the number of radiation treatment sessions from 25 to five for certain cancers, condense up to seven weeks of daily radiotherapy treatment sessions to just one week or less, improve cancer outcomes, lessen treatment side effects, and ensure more patients spend less time in-hospital and more time at home with their families.
World-leading innovation and inventions are exciting. But the real impact is on QEII patients, who will have the potential to access one of the most precise and targeted treatment options available; game-changing care that isn’t offered anywhere else in Canada.
The QEII is Atlantic Canada’s largest, most specialized cancer centre, with a radiotherapy program that’s already one of the best in North America. With the support of our BMO Ride community, we’ll level up – truly elevating that best-in-class care to new heights, all in the name of cancer patients and their families.
This project will be entirely donor-funded through BMO Ride for Cancer and the QEII Foundation. It will truly take an army of supporters – including riders, donors, community partners and more – to bring this world-leading project to the finish line. Be a part of the movement and help bring a world’s first technology to the QEII for cancer patients in our region.
$5.7 MILLION NET RAISED FOR CANCER CARE IN ATLANTIC CANADA SINCE 2015
Hosted by the QEII Foundation, BMO Ride for Cancer is laser-focused on funding the best, most personalized treatment options for cancer patients and their families at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.
It’s all part of our mission to continue to build a QEII centre of excellence in cancer care, equipping our healthcare teams with the most advanced equipment and technology available to help conquer this devastating disease.
Since 2015, our BMO Ride for Cancer community has played a critical role in helping to fund many cancer care initiatives across the QEII. Here are some highlights: