Media Releases

Cervical Cancer Awareness Campaign Back for Third Year – Pap-A-Palooza!

April 3, 2018

Pap-A-Palooza is back for the third year! The annual campaign kicked off April 1st with 27 clinics in Northwestern Ontario participating. With the goal to increase awareness of cervical cancer screening and to encourage women to book a Pap test to get screened for cervical cancer, Dr. Nanna Jumah, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Regional Cervical Screening/Colposcopy Lead at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, urges those who are eligible to be screened for cervical cancer participate in the campaign.

Don’t Miss the Bus! Screen for Life Coach Returning to the Region

March 21, 2018

Returning to the region this spring for a full travel season is the Screen for Life Coach – a mobile health screening service that provides breast, cervical and colon cancer screening to more than 70 different locations in Northwestern Ontario.

Mitacs will help Lakehead University and Health Research Institute scientists improve outcomes for patients

March 7, 2018

Researchers at Lakehead University and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute will lead graduate students to develop and commercialize the next generation of medical imaging detectors that will improve patient outcomes, thanks to a new partnership with Mitacs.

Add Colon Cancer Screening to Your ‘Do it Yourself’ List

March 1, 2018

Many people in Northwestern Ontario are still not completing the recommended screening test to check for colon cancer. Colon Cancer Awareness Month launches today, and Dr. Nicole Zavagnin, Regional Primary Care Lead for Cancer Care Ontario at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, urges men and women in our region to get screened for colon cancer by completing a simple, ‘do it yourself’, take-home kit.