Your IMPACT
At the Gerald C. Baines Centre for Translational Cancer Research, clinicians and researchers are able to join forces in identifying and solving complex medical puzzles posed by cancer.
Established in 2010 with a donation of $1 million from the Baines Foundation, along with the support from other passionate community members, the Centre has grown and expanded to become a game changer for cancer research and discoveries.
Dr. Sarah Mattonen, who joined the Cancer Research Laboratory Program earlier this year, is making research breakthroughs in two crucial areas. In lung cancer research, she and her team of students and collaborators are extracting information from medical images and patient information to build computer models that help identify the individuals most likely to be cured of their disease. These tools can help physicians determine the best treatment option for those patients.
Dr. Mattonen is also working on a new collaboration with radiation oncologists who are treating head and neck cancers to analyze computerized tomography (CT) images to plan a patient’s radiation treatment. The goal is to see if they can identify image features that will predict the outcome and radiation side effects.
Moving forward, Dr. Mattonen and her colleagues will continue to pursue donor-supported research on how to best use patient imaging, and develop software tools to help physicians in clinical decision making, all with the goals of enhancing care and improving patient outcomes.
Donor support has provided the Baines Centre the resources to seek out and develop new diagnostics and treatments that truly change lives.
Baines Imaging Team Dr. Aaron Ward, Dr. Sarah Mattonen and Dr. David Palma