“I Had a Matter of Months to Live”

“I Had a Matter of Months to Live”

August 2, 2019/in JHCCF, Patient Stories /by Michael Cordeiro

“I noticed an unusual lump on my leg in 2009,” recalls Syl Corsini of Lynden. “I went to the local hospital for scans and a biopsy. That’s when I was diagnosed with lymphoma.”

Dr. Brian Leber and Dr. Irwin Walker pose for a photo next to an apheresis machine.

A Legacy of Lifesaving Stem Cell Transplants

July 26, 2019/in Featured, HHSF, JHCCF, News /by Michael Cordeiro

In July 2019, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre celebrated a major milestone when Dr. Brian Leber performed the thousandth allogeneic stem cell transplant.

Imagine Canada Reaccreditation

June 18, 2019/in Featured, HGHF, HHSF, JHCCF, MCHF, News, SPHF /by Taylor Giffin

Imagine Canada applauded Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation for completing the reaccreditation process under its national Standards Program.

Physiotherapist Kaitlyn Young (left) assists Patient Scott on the exercise bike.

Cancer Care in the Gym

June 17, 2019/in JHCCF, News /by Michael Cordeiro

The gym is an important part of the Musculoskeletal Oncology Rehabilitation Unit at Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre.

Back in Action with Brain Cancer

June 17, 2019/in Featured, JHCCF, Patient Stories /by Michael Cordeiro

“I suddenly started struggling to say simple words and common phrases,” says Paul Salazar of St. Jacobs, who was at the office in 2015 when the trouble began.