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ALBERTA’S CANCER FREE FUTURE
A l b e r ta C a n c e r B o a r d a n d F o u n d at i o n A n n u a l R e v i e w 2 0 0 5 / 2 0 0 6
2025 Milestones
Prevent cancers. Save lives. Eliminate suffering.
2025 Milestones
By 2025, the Alberta Cancer Board and Foundation, in collaboration with Alberta’s
health, research, government and not-for-profit sectors, is committed to:
Preventing more than 61,000
cancers by reducing the projected
cancer incidence 35 per cent
S aving more than 45,000 lives by
reducing projected mortality 50
per cent
Working to eradicate suffering
in all its forms, so any day spent
living with cancer can still be a
day spent fully alive.
Cover Photo: Brendan O’Callaghan, Leukemia Survivor
The Alberta Cancer Board
is committed to a leadership role
to reduce the burden of cancer
through excellence in prevention,
screening, diagnosis, treatment,
palliation, education and research.
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The Alberta Cancer Foundation
raises and receives funds on
behalf of the Alberta Cancer
Board. Alberta Cancer Foundation
funding supports patient
programs, equipment purchase
and cancer care across Alberta;
approximately 70 per cent of
Alberta Cancer Foundation
funding goes to cancer research.
Alberta Cancer Board
Board of Directors, 2005/2006
Gary G. Campbell, Q.C., Chair, Edmonton
J.W. (Jack) Halpin, Vice-Chair, Calgary
Jean M. Agrios, Edmonton
Allan Hargreaves, Calgary
Patricia L. Jones, Edmonton
Richard K. Melchin, Calgary
Irene Nicolson, Grande Prairie
Mary O’Neill, Edmonton
Brian Rogers, Q.C., Calgary
Catherine Roozen, Edmonton
Bronwyn Shoush, Edmonton
Trustees, 2005/2006
Pattie Culver, Chair, Calgary
Doug Cumming, Vice-Chair, Edmonton
Mary Barr, Calgary
Marc Bombenon, Calgary
Greg Cameron, Edmonton
Gary G. Campbell, Q.C., Edmonton
Gordon Ganong, Red Deer
Brian Rogers, Q.C., Calgary
Sandy Slator, Chair, 2006/2007, Edmonton
Dr. Jean-Michel Turc, Edmonton
Corporate Executive
Dr. Jean-Michel Turc,
President & CEO, Alberta Cancer Board
Mr. Aslam Bhatti, Vice-President Operations
Dr. George Browman, Vice-President &
Director, Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Dr. Heather Bryant, Vice-President & Director,
Division of Population Health & Information
Dr. Carol Cass, Vice-President & Director,
Cross Cancer Institute
Dr. Tony Fields, Vice-President
Medical Affairs & Community Oncology
Dr. Cyril Kay, Vice-President Research
Linda Mickelson,
CEO, Alberta Cancer Foundation
Alberta’s Cancer Free Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Milestone One
Prevent Cancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Tomorrow Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Uncovering the Preventive Power of Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Con Amore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Interpreting Radiation’s Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tests You Should Take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Fall of Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mary’s Legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Milestone Two
Targeting Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Save Lives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Each Day Fully Lived . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Keeping Her Head Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
From Their Hearts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Searching for the Best Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Computer-Designing Cancer Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Milestone Three
Eliminate Suffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Finding Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Managing Pain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Resolved to Make an Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Demonstrated Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Thank you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Special events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Alberta’s Cancer Free Future
It’s Personal, It’s Possible.
Currently, 81,000 Albertans are
living with cancer. For each of
these people, cancer is personal.
These are mothers, fathers,
sons and daughters. These are
friends, fishing buddies and
colleagues. These pages contain
some of their stories and those
of the researchers and medical
professionals working to
support them.
These are stories of courage,
triumph and loss. The Alberta
Cancer Board is privileged to
be the agency responsible for
ensuring that these people
—and all Albertans living
with cancer—receive the
highest standard of treatment
and care based solidly
on research evidence. And the
is privileged to partner with
thousands of its donors in support
of the Alberta Cancer Board’s work.
The first thing these patients and their families want is to be cancer free. The
second thing is to ensure others are spared the experience.
Both are becoming possible. Cancer is a familiar adversary, evident in some of the
earliest archeological remnants of the human race. Yet we live in a time when
knowledge doubles every 18 months.
We now know how to prevent most cancers. We know how to cure some cancers and
how to extend the lives of people afflicted with others. We know how to support
those with cancer in a way that ensures freedom from suffering. And research is
teaching us more each day.
That is why the Alberta Cancer Board has absolute confidence in its vision for a Cancer
Free Future and in its ability to achieve the measurable milestones it set for the year
2025. Between now and then, the Alberta Cancer Board, in collaboration with Alberta’s
health, research, government and not-for-profit sectors, is committed to:
• Preventing more than 61,000 cancers by reducing the projected cancer
incidence 35 per cent
• Saving more than 45,000 lives by reducing projected mortality 50 per cent
• Working to eradicate suffering in all its forms, so any day spent living with
cancer can still be a day spent fully alive.
There is a great deal of work ahead. But Alberta has an important resource with
the establishment this year of the Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act, a $500
million endowment, which will invest roughly $25 million each year in research
and prevention. The Alberta Cancer Foundation and the Alberta Cancer Board have
committed to matching these funds through philanthropic dollars, research grants
and contracts. Full financials for the 2005/2006 year are available on our website at
albertacancer.ca.
This investment will move Alberta closer to a Cancer Free Future as the Alberta Cancer
Board works with our partners throughout the province to integrate and strengthen
cancer research; to coordinate and expand cancer screening programs; and to extend
patient care to fully address the physical, mental and emotional effects of cancer.
Today, cancer is an all-too-present reality, and Alberta will be challenged to keep
up with the cancer treatment needs of a growing and aging population. For too
many Albertans, cancer will continue to be personal. The Alberta Cancer Board will
support these Albertans with the best treatment and care possible, while working to
ensure Alberta moves measurably closer to the Cancer Free Future on the horizon.
Gary G. Campbell, Q.C.
Chair, Alberta Cancer Board
Trustee, Alberta Cancer Foundation
Alberta Cancer Board and Foundation 2005/2006
Jean-Michel Turc
President and CEO, Alberta Cancer Board
Trustee, Alberta Cancer Foundation
Milestone One
Prevent Cancers
“If you look at lung cancer deaths now compared to what
they would have been had we not reduced smoking
rates, you can already see success.” –Dr.Heather Bryant
The Alberta Cancer Board’s 2025
milestones—to reduce the projected
incidence of cancer by 35 per cent, to
reduce projected mortality rates by
50 per cent and to eradicate patient
suffering—may seem unrealistic at first
glance. But Dr. Heather Bryant, vicepresident and chief information officer
of the Alberta Cancer Board and director
of the Division of Population Health
and Information, says people expect a
single breakthrough will lead to success.
The truth is, success will come from
a combination of prevention, early
detection and treatment, and improved
patient care, all underscored by new
information and research findings.
fruit and vegetable intake, the value
of physical activity and alcohol in
moderation—these are all messages
that we need to connect to reducing the
incidence of cancer.”
Getting this information out is
important, says Bryant, but preaching
about it is not what people need.
“There are very few people who do
not know that smoking is bad for
them now, or that exercising is good.”
Instead, we need to give people
the tools they need to be health
wise. “Part of it is education, part
of it is working to provide healthier
alternatives,” says Bryant.
“If you look at lung cancer deaths now
compared to what they would have
been had we not reduced smoking
rates, you can already see success,” says
Bryant. “We need to apply the same
multifaceted approach to other cancers.
Information on weight control, the risks
of sun exposure, the value of increasing
Alberta lists 13,000 new cases of cancer
each year; this number is predicted to
double to 26,000 by 2025. If 50 per cent
of cancer can be prevented by adopting
healthier choices and improving testing
for cancer, that increase can be kept
in check. It is the key to achieving a
cancer free future.
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Stepping Up to Alberta’s Cancer Free Future
The Tomorrow Project
Alberta’s Living Lab for Cancer Research
Most of us take tomorrow for granted,
until a diagnosis of cancer. Then,
tomorrow becomes ambiguous, a mixture
of fear, uncertainty, hope and promise.
Thanks to tens of thousands of
Albertans, The Tomorrow Project is
working to uncover the secrets to a
cancer free future. This Alberta Cancer
Board project, funded in part by the
Alberta Cancer Foundation, aims to
accurately assess the environmental,
personal and behavioural causes of
cancer.
Since October 2000, researchers at The
Tomorrow Project have been quietly
at work gathering participants. “We
originally enrolled 12,000 people, and
added another 6,000 over six years,”
says Dr. Heather Bryant, principal
investigator. “By the end of 2007,
we expect to have a total cohort of
30,000.” Their goal is 50,000 Albertans
ranging in age from 35 to 69, rural
and urban, from every economic class,
ethnic and racial group, all without a
previous cancer diagnosis.
The study group will be followed to
the age of 85 or death, so agreeing to
participate is a long-term commitment.
Each year, participants spend two hours
filling out surveys of their lifestyle, diet
and physical activity.
“It amazes me so many people agree
to be part of this,” says Paula Robson,
project director. “Few people drop out,
most want to help beat cancer any way
they can.”
Over the period of the project, some
participants will develop cancer, and
data collected prior to their diagnoses
will help assess what factors may have
played a role.
For Maxine Mendritzki, a participant
since 2005, the call was an invitation to
do something meaningful. “It feels good
to contribute your time and information
this way for cancer research. I am really
looking forward to hearing about their
findings in years to come.”
Another random-dialing telephone
recruitment for The Tomorrow Project is
under way. You might just get a call….
The Tomorrow Project aims to collect information from
50,000 Albertans over a 50-year period. The wealth of
data on such a large group of healthy Albertans will
provide clues on what goes wrong when cancer or some
other chronic disease later develops.
In future, researchers also hope to
collect blood samples from participants.
“This would be a fantastic resource,”
says Robson. “Bloods can tell us so
much about what is going on. Blood
work taken during healthy years may
be able to tell us the story about what
changed if an individual then develops
cancer or some other chronic disease.”
Molly Kirkpatrick from Lloydminster
will benefit from the data collected
in The Tomorrow Project.
Research
Uncovering the Preventive
Power of Exercise
Physical activity is known to reduce cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, osteoporosis, hypertension and other chronic
illnesses. Now a number of cancers are being added to the
list of conditions favourably impacted by exercise.
A three-year study begun in 1995 by researcher
Dr. Christine Friedenreich found that post-menopausal
women who are physically active had a 30 per cent reduced
risk of breast cancer compared to those who are not. It also
found that even women who only get fit after they go through
menopause have a better chance of staying healthy.
Dr. Christine Friedenreich is investigating how
lifestyle affects endometrial cancer risk.
“It is never too
late to start being
physically active.”
–Dr. Christine
Friedenreich
First she helped demonstrate that
physical activity could significantly
reduce breast cancer risk. Now the
Alberta Cancer Board’s Dr. Christine
Friedenreich is studying the role diet,
physical activity and other lifestyle
factors have on endometrial cancer
risk and survival. A questionnaire she
developed to measure lifetime physical
activity is also being used to assess the
effects of activity on prostate cancer.
“We’ve known for a long time that
physical activity is important in
reducing a lot of chronic conditions,
including cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, osteoporosis, hypertension and
mental illness,” says Friedenreich. “Now,
a number of cancers are being added
to that list. For many people, that’s a
positive and empowering message.”
Endometrial, or uterine, cancer is the
fourth most common type of cancer
among Canadian women yet little is
known about its cause. Friedenreich
hopes to increase understanding of
the causes and learn how the risk of
developing this disease can be reduced.
Her research team has spent five years
interviewing 1,500 women—those with
the illness and a control group—about
their risk factors for endometrial cancer.
“We looked at anything related to the
risk of getting cancer over a lifetime—
physical activity, diet, smoking,
reproductive and hormone use history,
alcohol consumption, family history
of cancer, medical history—just about
everything,” says Friedenreich, a leader
in the field of cancer epidemiology.
Thirty years ago we barely knew the
origins of cancer. Today, thanks to research,
improved technologies and an explosion of
genomic information, we have a much better
idea of cancer’s molecular structure. Dr. Cyril
Kay, Alberta Cancer Board’s vice-president
of research, says eventually we will describe
and identify all cancers in molecular terms,
leading to improvements in the way cancer is
detected, classified, monitored and treated.
“We can already demonstrate increases in
five-year survival rates for many cancers,” says
Kay. “We have finely targeted therapies with
mild side-effects for a number of cancers. And
we have made improvements in the lives of
people living with advanced cancer by better
treating their symptoms.”
A good part of research activity has been
involved in finding the damaged genes and
proteins within cancer cells. In so doing, we
find new ways to treat the disease. New types
of therapeutic drugs can be designed to attack
these damaged molecules and change the
course of the cancer.
This is just one of a number of various techniques
that will achieve the medical promise of a new
era in cancer prevention and treatment. “Cancer is
a complex problem with hundreds of forms,” Kay
says. “There are many ways of controlling it and
all its burdens.”
The task is not trivial, he admits, but
developments are occurring fast and furiously.
“There is absolutely a sense of momentum
amongst our researchers today,” says Kay.
Maximizing Research
“No other studies have measured
physical activity beginning in
childhood to the time of diagnosis.
We are the first in the world to
measure lifetime physical activity.”
On top of the unique database
the research team is compiling,
Friedenreich will be analyzing stored
frozen blood samples collected from
study participants to compare lipid,
hormone and other biomarker levels.
The aim is to understand which
biological mechanisms explain
how risk factors, such as physical
activity, influence endometrial
cancer risk.
“Since these lifestyle risks are
modifiable, the public health
potential of this research is
considerable,” she says. “I think
there is an increased understanding
that lifestyle and exercise is a way
women can take control of their
lives and reduce their morbidity, but
we still have a way to go.”
This project should provide clues
into how exercise wards off the
disease, what types of exercise
might be the most effective and
when it should be undertaken.
The focus of the Alberta Cancer Board extends
beyond patient care and treatment—it also
includes a firm commitment to research.
Research will help us understand why cancer
occurs and identify more effective detection
and treatment strategies.
Establishment of the Alberta Cancer Research
Institute, a partnership between the Alberta
Cancer Board and the Universities of Alberta
and Calgary will, in future, coordinate all
cancer research in the province. The Institute
will build on areas of existing research
strength in Alberta and on national priorities.
This integration of cancer research in Alberta
will maximize research resources and talent
and enhance Alberta’s position as a leader in
cancer knowledge.
Research Partners
Each year the Alberta Cancer Board funds
millions of dollars in cancer research in
Alberta. In 2005/2006 it distributed over $16
million to cancer research; more than onethird of these research funds were provided by
the Alberta Cancer Foundation. Its affiliates
and medical research funding partners include
the Canadian Institutes of Health Research,
the National Cancer Institute of Canada, and
the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The
Government of Alberta and its health-related
ministries, Alberta’s three research-based
universities—the Universities of Alberta,
Calgary and Lethbridge—and the Alberta
Heritage Foundation for Medical Research are
all key to developing Alberta as a world leader
in cancer research.
Researchers Awarded in
the 2005/2006 Fiscal Year
Research
Today’s Researchers
The following researchers were awarded
Alberta Cancer Board and Foundation
funds in the 2005/2006 fiscal year:
Calgary
Nizar J. Bahlis
Oliver F. Bathe
Gwyn Bebb
Shirin Bonni
George Browman
Christopher B. Brown
Heather E. Bryant
Douglas J. Demetrick
Peter Dunscombe
Christine Friedenreich
Donald J. Fujita
Zu-Hua Gao
Neil Hagen
Frank R. Jirik
Susan P. Lees-Miller
Anthony Magliocco
Ian F. Parney
Derrick Rancourt
Stephen M. Robbins
Colum Smith
Wendy Smith
David Spencer
Jan Storek
Dallan B.Young
Edmonton
Bassam Abdulkarim
Shairaz Baksh
Vickie Baracos
Robert Campbell
Linda E. Carlson
Carol E. Cass
Gordon K.T. Chan
Sambasivarao Damaraju
Mark Glover
Roseline Godbout
Dennis Hall
Michael J. Hendzel
Mary Hitt
Piyush Kumar
Raymond Lai
John R. Mercer
David Murray
Matthew Parliament
Manijeh Pasdar
Robert G. Pearcey
Linda M. Pilarski
Tony Reiman
Ronald S. Sloboda
James C. Stone
Michael Symlie
Mavanur R. Suresh
Katia Tonkin
Joan Turner
Jacek Tuszynski
D. Alan Underhill
Michael Weinfeld
Leonard I. Wiebe
Wilson H. Roa
Lethbridge
Olga Kovalchuk
Con Amore
With Love
In May 2006, after months of coughing
and three X-rays charting what his
doctor thought was pneumonia, Giulio
Salvia, age 68 years, was diagnosed with
stage three lung cancer. His oncologist
was optimistic about treatment, until the
discovery of a cancerous growth on his
forehead indicated the cancer had spread
and forced a change of plans. “It is tough
to remain optimistic when you don’t
get any good news,” says his daughter
Adriana Salvia. She has her moments of
breakdown, always outside of her dad’s
range. “He needs to remain optimistic to
deal with this.”
Giulio quit smoking more than 10 years
ago. When he began smoking as a young
man, there was little information about
its harmful effects. We know now that
more than 80 per cent of lung cancer
is directly attributable to smoking, but
that is little comfort to a man facing
his own mortality, or to a family coping
with the loss of a husband and father
they love. “People think of lung cancer
as your own fault,” says Adriana. “There
is a real stigma around it, and that is
hard to handle on top of dealing with
the cancer itself.”
Adriana, her sisters Adelia and Julia,
and their mother, Natala, have banded
together to support Giulio. Decisions
about treatment and care are made
jointly, and if one person does not
agree, they look for solutions they can
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all be comfortable with. It comes down
to one question, always the same one,
says Adriana: “How do we preserve my
dad’s dignity in the whole process?”
Adriana has armed herself with as
much information as she can on
everything from diet to homeopathic
treatments to support services the
family can draw on when needed.
“Maybe it’s selfish,” she says, “I
wanted to feel that I had done
everything I could to keep him
around as long as possible with
the best life possible.” When Giulio
reached his limit for radiotherapy
and chemotherapy treatments, the
family decided to try IV delivery of
high doses of Vitamin C at a private
clinic. “You need to do whatever
you can, and we felt this could not
Killing the Habit
that Kills
Tobacco use is responsible for 30
per cent of cancer deaths and is
implicated in nearly 85 per cent of lung
cancer cases. It is the leading cause
of preventable deaths for Albertans
over the age of 12. There is help for
those who want to quit, and immediate
health benefits.
hurt,” Adriana says. “At least he’s not
catching any colds!”
The family hopes Giulio will get strong
enough to go for physiotherapy and perhaps
regain his appetite. They would like to
alleviate the terrible cough that keeps
him awake at night and wracks his body
to exhaustion. They would love to see him
laugh, enjoy his grandchildren and stop
thinking about the spectre of his own
death. They are talking about making
funeral plans now, so that their mother is
not overwhelmed with details later.
They are showing their father every day
what his life has meant to them, and
coping as best they can, given
the circumstances.
Giulio Salvia died in Edmonton
on September 16, 2006.
The Alberta Cancer Board offers a smoking
cessation program at both the Tom Baker
Cancer Centre in Calgary and the Cross Cancer
Institute in Edmonton. The program is also
available via Telehealth video to residents
of the Chinook, Aspen, Northern Lights and
Palliser Health Regions. The program has been
offered through the Tom Baker Cancer Centre
since 1983 and to date has helped over 6,000
people quit smoking. Contact your regional
health authority for more information.
In 2001, the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC) launched a province-wide
tobacco cessation line. Callers receive information about tobacco cessation programs across
Alberta along with support and encouragement.
For help quitting call AADAC toll free at 1-866-33AADAC or go to www.albertaquits.ca.
Lung Cancer
Incidence 2003
Mortality 2003
881 Male
733 Male
730 Female
556 Female
1611 Total
1289 Total
Sometimes Adriana Salvia
sees into her father’s
heart through his eyes:
“I can see him thinking
‘What if I had never
smoked? Would I be in
this position now?’”
Adriana Salvia with a photo of her father
Giulio Salvia. Giulio was diagnosed with
lung cancer in the spring of 2006.
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Research
Interpreting
Radiation’s Impact
Dr. Olga Kovalchuk was witness to the devastation of the
Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Her research is now focused on
finding ways to block the harmful effects of radiation while
mining its strength in attacking cancer.
Dr. Olga Kovalchuk was
a high-school student in
Ukraine in April 1986 when
the worst nuclear accident
in history occurred at
the Chernobyl plant, 600
kilometres from her home.
increased risk of certain cancers in
people exposed to radiation in the
workplace or through cancer therapy.
Kovalchuk plans to build on this
research in an attempt to understand
more about how radiation induces
secondary tumours in cancer patients
and what can be done to protect the
children of radiation-exposed parents
from contracting cancer.
For Kovalchuk, now a cancer
researcher based at the University
of Lethbridge, Chernobyl remains a
powerful symbol of why the world
must remain vigilant of the risks
involved in harnessing and using
nuclear energy.
Kovalchuk is also studying whether
certain agents derived from plants
could be given to patients before
they receive radiation therapy to
improve their chances of survival and
reduce the negative side-effects of
radiation. This research brings her full
circle to studies she conducted in the
mid-1990s with her husband, fellow
University of Lethbridge biological
scientist Igor Kovalchuk. The couple,
then working on their respective PhDs
in Switzerland, examined the effects
of radiation contamination on plants
as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear
accident.
For cancer therapy, radiation is a
two-sided coin. On one side, it’s
an effective form of treatment,
which has allowed countless
patients to survive. On the other,
radiation therapy can result in
life-threatening secondary cancers
such as lymphoma and leukemia.
Kovalchuk’s research is aimed at
addressing both sides of the coin—
increasing survival rates while
preventing secondary tumours.
Preliminary results suggest changes
in the way chromosomes are
packaged could contribute to
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Since arriving in Lethbridge in
2001, Igor has continued to focus
on various aspects of plant biology
while Olga has been increasingly
involved in cancer-related research.
For Olga, who earned a medical
degree prior to becoming a full-
Dr. Olga Kovalchuk is working to understand
the impact of radiation on cancer patients
and their descendants.
time researcher, this represents the
marriage of two passions—health
care and pure science. She believes
that whatever is learned about
preventing and treating human
cancers could protect people should
a Chernobyl-like tragedy ever
strike again. “With all the talk
lately of bioterrorism and dirty
bombs, the world is a very shaky
place,” says Kovalchuk. “We have
to be extremely vigilant and always
prepared to deal with the worst
scenarios.”
In 2003, 12,571 Albertans were
diagnosed with cancer and 5,192
people died from it.
What are the
most common
kinds of cancer for
men and for women?
The most common cancers causing
death in men are colorectal, lung and
prostate.
The most common cancers causing
death for women are lung, breast and
colorectal.
I n 2006 it is projected that close to
14,000 Albertans will be diagnosed
with cancer and more than 5,700
will die from the disease.
Cancer is responsible for 28 per
cent of all deaths and 40 per cent
of deaths between the ages of 35
and 64.
Research
Cancer in Alberta
Leading
cancers
% among
total number
of Albertans
with cancer
% of
deaths among
total deaths
from cancer
Prostate
17%
7%
Breast
15%
8%
Lung
13%
24%
Colorectal
12%
11%
Approximately one in two
Albertans will develop cancer in
their lifetime and one in four will
die from cancer.
Tests You Should Take
Breast Cancer Screening in Alberta
Smoking Cessation
has Immediate
Benefits
Most smokers make an average of three
or four quit attempts before succeeding
as long-term non-smokers. Relapse is
the rule rather than the exception and
must be viewed as part of the process.
two days of quitting, the risk
¸Within
of heart attack decreases.
three months of quitting,
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circulation improves and lung
function increases 30 per cent.
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Within one year, the chance of
smoking-related heart attack is cut
in half.
10 years, the chance of dying
¸Within
of lung cancer is cut in half.
15 years, the chance of dying
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of heart attack is as low as for those
who never smoked.
One of the most significant developments in the battle against breast cancer is the
increased use of mammography for early detection. Since 1990 the Alberta Cancer
Board’s Screen Test program has made it possible for women across the province to
have a mammogram done in their community. Screen Test started in two fixed sites
in Edmonton and Calgary, and has since fanned out across Alberta in mobile vans.
Prior to Screen Test, only 17 per cent of Alberta women in their 60s and 27 per cent
of women in their 50s were getting screened. Now, about 60 per cent of all women
in Alberta are receiving the procedure.
This year, the Alberta Cancer Board launched the Alberta Breast Cancer Screening
Programs. This initiative will bring all screening, whether conducted through the
Alberta Cancer Board or by private radiologists, under one umbrella. The goal is to
reduce deaths of Alberta women from breast cancer by at least 30 per cent.
For more information go to www.cancerboard.ab.ca/abcsp.
Alberta Cervical Cancer Screening Program
Cervical cancer is largely preventable, yet in Alberta 120-150 cases of cervical cancer
are diagnosed each year, resulting in about 40 deaths. Human papillomavirus (HPV)
infection is associated with virtually all cases of cervical cancer. Most cancers of the
cervix can be prevented by regular Pap tests. Women 18-69 years old should have a
Pap smear on a yearly basis.
In July 2006 Health Canada approved a vaccine which protects against the human
papillomavirus that is responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. The vaccine will
be sold by Merck Frosst Canada under the brand name Gardasil, and is approved for
females between nine and 26 years of age to prevent cervical, vulvar and vaginal
cancer, as well as precancerous legions and genital warts caused by HPV. Check with
your doctor for more information.
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Fall of Destiny
Rob Smith remembers carrying a piece of furniture up the stairs
at home and feeling a bit dizzy. His next memory is of waking
up in the hospital and wondering what happened.
What happened was a major heart
attack, 20 minutes of CPR administered
by his wife, five shocks to the heart by
the paramedics and three days in an
induced coma to reduce stress on his
heart. The cause of the heart attack?
A rare anomaly of the experimental
chemotherapy drug that, in another
instance, had saved his life.
Smith was 39 years old with four
young children when he was diagnosed
with colorectal cancer. “Unless you
have been through this, you can’t
really understand what it is like,” he
says. Smith felt angry, scared and
alone.
Throughout the treatments, the recovery
period and the setbacks, the hardest
part for him was watching his children:
“It is so hard for the ones standing
on the sidelines,” he says. “It is very
difficult for them to deal with this.”
Smith has a clearer appreciation of
what is important in life now. He feels
a deep gratitude for every day and a
determination to “leave something
worthwhile behind.” A non-fiction
writer by profession, he switched to
fiction to express his experience with
cancer and the resulting book, Fall of
Destiny, is being released later this year.
Smith credits his recovery to
the dogged efforts of his general
practitioner in finding the cancer
before it progressed substantially and
to his aggressive chemotherapy. He
also determined early on that “the
cancer was not going to win.”
For Smith, it’s a different life now, and
even though the cancer has been in
remission for more than five years, it
remains a niggling threat. “It’s always
there on my shoulders … but cancer is
an infinitely survivable thing. Grit your
teeth, stand up to it, don’t let it win.”
But Smith had no idea what a struggle
it would be to stay the course.
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Shortly after diagnosis he had surgery
that revealed his stage three cancer
had seeped into a couple of lymph
nodes. Treatment with an experimental
anti-metabolite chemotherapy drug was
recommended. Anti-metabolite drugs
stop cells from making and repairing
DNA, a process cancer cells also need
to grow and multiply. He “felt like
hell” during the weeks he received the
chemotherapy, but paradoxically felt
better than he had in years on his off
weeks from treatment when he managed
to go for walks three times each day.
Colorectal Cancer
Incidence 2003
Mortality 2003
883 Male
295 Male
669 Female
265 Female
1552 Total
560 Total
Advance of Success
Dr. Tony Fields has treated colorectal
cancer patients for more than 25 years
and sees progress at every turn.
“Even in patients of advanced
diseases, we have more than doubled
their life expectancy,” says Fields.
“What this adds up to is that the risk
of an individual dying of colorectal
cancers has actually gone down a bit
because they are less likely to get
it at a given age, but more so, some
combination of earlier detection and
better treatment means the rate of
decrease in deaths is moving faster
than the decrease in risk.”
Rob Smith with his seven-year-old daughter, Alexa.
Alexa was six months old when her father was
diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
Fields says we also know more
about risk factors and have made
dramatic progress in diagnostic tools.
Virtual colonoscopy is now possible,
though limited by the availability
of CT technology. And development
of flexible sigmoidoscopy allows
physicians to do more thorough exams
in the medical clinic.
Surgical procedures have also
improved enormously, especially for
rectal cancers, says Fields, along with
advances in post- and pre-surgical
treatments.
Still, there is much to do, he says.
“We still do less in promoting lifestyle
change than we could; we do not
know what proportion of patients
with rectal cancer are getting the
best modern surgical treatment; and
we are painfully slow in clinical trials
to define the role and benefits of the
plethora of new and emerging drugs.”
Fields says we have also known for
eight years that a comprehensive
colorectal screening program where
general practitioners order fecal
occult blood testing for people over
50 every other year would save lives.
“We have failed so far to implement
an organized provincial screening
program,” says Fields. “This is one of
our top priorities for a new program.”
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Mary’s Legacy
“Often something that will benefit one disease may
have an impact on other research. There are lots of
ways of getting at the puzzle of cancer.” –Dr.Bill Johnston
Establishing The Mary Johnston
Professorship in Melanoma Research
provided Dr. Bill Johnston with a
measure of closure. For 21 years he and
his wife, Mary, dealt with her recurring
malignant melanoma; they discussed
Mary’s wish to make a donation that
would impact melanoma, a cancer
with one of the fastest growing
rates of incidence. The $1.1 million
donation from Mary’s family and
friends will provide funds to attract
a leading melanoma researcher to
Edmonton’s Cross Cancer Institute and
leverage additional research grants for
melanoma research. Johnston hopes the
application of scientific medical research
to bedside treatment of melanoma
patients will have residual effects:
“Often something that will benefit one
disease may have an impact on other
research,” says Johnston. “There are
lots of ways of getting at the puzzle of
cancer.”
Above all, this tangible gift in memory
of a much-loved wife, mother, friend
and advocate is a positive tribute. “This
is forward-looking—the naming, the
memory, the dollars we have been able
to give to the Alberta Cancer Foundation
will hopefully make a difference in
fighting cancer in the future.”
Be Sun Smart
Rates of melanoma skin cancer diagnosed in Canada are increasing each year.
Protect yourself against skin cancer by wearing a hat, clothes that cover your
arms and legs, and sunglasses that block both UVA and UVB rays. Use a broad
spectrum sunscreen with SPF 15 or higher. Between 50 per cent and 80 per
cent of skin damage occurs before the age of 18.
Artificial tanning in salons poses increased cancer risk to users.
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Skin Cancer
Incidence 2003
Mortality 2003
193 Male
37 Male
175 Female
21 Female
368 Total
58 Total
Bill Johnston with granddaughter Valerie,
who missed knowing her grandmother but will
benefit from her lasting legacy commitment to
addressing rising rates of malignant melanoma.
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Research
Targeting Treatment
Researchers are taking a closer look at the factors that
turn normal cells into cancerous ones with the goal of
preventing cancer and treating it more effectively when
diagnosed.
“When my grandfather died, I had
this sense that I might be able to do
something about it,” says Hendzel. “My
father’s death got me thinking again
about the importance of applying what I
studied to immediate human problems.”
Dr. Michael Hendzel is researching how an
individual’s response to cancer treatments is
affected by genetic background.
Like so many, Dr. Michael
Hendzel has been touched by
cancer. More so than most,
his losses have helped shaped
his life, both personally and
professionally.
When he was 14, Hendzel lost his
grandfather to liver cancer, and
his interest in medicine began.
In the late 1990s, just as Hendzel
was wrapping up his post-doctoral
research, his father died of prostate
cancer. The loss helped cement his
decision to accept a research position
at the Cross Cancer Institute with
a cross appointment as associate
professor of oncology at the
University of Alberta.
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Hendzel’s field is epigenetics, the study
of how gene-regulatory information—
not expressed in DNA—is transmitted
through generations of cells. At the
heart of this field is the idea that genes
have memory, that your ancestors’
lives and environmental influences can
be imprinted on your genes. Hendzel
estimates that epigenetic factors drive
at least 50 per cent of the changes that
turn normal cells into cancerous ones.
The aim of one of Hendzel’s projects is
to improve the effectiveness of radiation
therapy on cancer cells missed during
surgery. In 10 to 20 per cent of cases,
radiation treatment fails and the cancer
returns. Treatment the second time
is less likely to be effective and the
cancer is more likely to spread—almost
always fatally.
Hendzel and his research team measure
DNA properties inside cancers and the
surrounding normal tissues to try to
predict how a patient will respond to
radiation therapy. They investigate the
way DNA strands are “packaged” or folded
within a human cell. It’s thought that the
more densely DNA is packaged, the more
likely it is to be susceptible to radiation.
Understanding epigenetic change is
important to developing potential
cancer treatments because, unlike DNA
mutations, epigenetic processes are
reversible with non-toxic drugs now
being developed. Hendzel’s team is
testing these drugs over the course of
the two-year research project.
“Traditionally, our approach to cancer
treatment has been to administer
non-specific toxic drugs to selectively
kill cancer cells,” says Hendzel. “But,
in fact, you also kill a whole bunch
of other normal cells. This process is
not about killing cells, but reversing
them back to a normal state. So
these therapies have the potential
to be more easily tolerated by the
patient and to stop the cancer.”
While Hendzel is currently working
with human breast cancer cell
lines in the lab, he is hopeful that
learning more about the epigenetic
signature of cells will pave the
way for clinical trials. This could
lead to breakthroughs in treating
and preventing any cancer for
which radiation therapy is now
administered. For a scientist who has
been touched so closely by cancer,
that prospect is gratifying.
Milestone Two
Save Lives
“Things we could only have dreamed of before are now
very near-term possibilities.”
Is a Cancer Free Future really possible?
For Dr. Tony Fields, vice-president
of medical affairs and community
oncology, and one of the architects
of the Alberta Cancer Board’s Cancer
Free Future vision, the answer is an
unequivocal yes.
“When I first started my career I was
optimistic that by the end of my career
most cancers would be preventable or
curable,” says Fields. “I didn’t anticipate
the difficult plateaus we would
encounter that would make us feel like
we were swimming through molasses.”
In the late 1970s optimism was buoyed
by dramatic successes in treating
childhood cancers and acute forms of
leukemia, and it was thought these
successes would transfer quickly to
other cancers.
–Dr. Tony Fields
in the early days of ultrasound and
CT scans, “We thought these advances
would bring us ways for screening and
early detection. What we found was
really tough times with painfully slow
progress. We had to go right back to
the research laboratories to try to find
answers.”
Today, we have vastly improved
knowledge of cancer from the cellular
through to the genetic and molecular
levels, says Fields, and made new
approaches to diagnoses and treatment.
“Things we could only have dreamed
of before are now very near-term
possibilities.”
The century-old technology used at
the beginning of his career wasn’t up
to predicting the individual course of
a cancer, says Fields. “We see a future
where we say, ‘Your cancer has these
characteristics, your body has those
characteristics, therefore your treatment
should be this,’ which is not the same
as someone sitting next to you whose
cancer would have been classified just
the same as yours yesterday.”
Applying Knowledge
the Greatest Challenge
“The wheels of discovery are spinning
fast and the wheels of application
are grinding slowly,” says Fields. “The
more we can close the gaps between
discovery and application, the faster we
will see progress on the treatment side.
“With all of that, even with our relatively
ad hoc and haphazard environment, we’re
making real progress although not yet at
a rate sufficient to meet our goals, which
we deliberately set at a more aggressive
level,” says Fields.
The greatest evidence of progress is in his
patients, he says, using the example of
an area he treats, colorectal cancer.
“I have absolutely no doubt there are
people around today who have avoided
colorectal cancer or have survived
colorectal cancer who would have been
destined to die if we were still mired in
our habits or technology of 20 years ago.”
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However, “these tumours were not
about to bend their knees to the blunt
instrument we had to deal with,” says
Fields. “We believed our knowledge of
lifestyle and environmental causes of
cancer would be easily applied.” And
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Each Day Fully Lived
How do you cope with a diagnosis of cancer? Susan Leach’s response was
to count her blessings and then get walking to fund cancer research.
For Susan Leach, life couldn’t have been
much sweeter. She had left her job as
a chartered accountant to be a stay-athome mom to her two daughters. She
and her husband, John, had just moved
into a new home. “On a number of
occasions, John and I sat back and said,
‘How much better can life be?’” recalled
Leach. “We both felt very blessed.”
Then, in October 2005, Leach felt a
small lump in her breast. Her mind
did not immediately race to thoughts
of cancer. After all, she had turned 40
earlier that year and breast cancer is
a disease that overwhelmingly afflicts
women 50 or older. Leach had always
been in exceptional health and carried
none of the risk factors associated
with breast cancer, such as obesity or
a family history of the disease. But in
December, her doctor told her she had
breast cancer.
What goes through one’s mind at such
a moment?
“Dying,” responds Leach. “That’s
where you automatically go. You are
terrified and you wonder, Will this
be my path? Will I not be here to see
my children graduate from school, to
attend their marriages, to play with my
grandchildren? But my husband and I
decided ‘That will not be our story.’”
Three days before Christmas, Leach
underwent a lumpectomy (a partial
mastectomy). Because of the holidays,
the pathology results would be slow
in coming. The family had planned
a 10-day Caribbean cruise starting
on December 29. They decided to go
ahead with it. “We could have all sat
here and stared at each other as we
waited for more information or we
could go on the cruise,” says Leach.
“We chose the latter and I’m glad we
did. It provided a lot of opportunities
for focusing on something else.”
When they returned to Calgary Leach
was given the good news that the
cancer had not spread to her lymph
nodes and the prognosis for a full and
lasting recovery looked good. She had
every reason to believe she would be
among the two out of three women who
are diagnosed with breast cancer and
who do not die of the disease.
Leach began chemotherapy treatment
in January, followed by radiation
therapy. She was also put on a year-long
treatment of herceptin, an antibody
that attacks the cancer-enhancing
protein HER2, as well as tamoxifen, a
drug that blocks the ability of estrogen
to feed cancer growth. Together, these
treatments are meant to kill any cancer
missed by the original surgery and to
reduce the risk of tumour cells returning
at a later date. The side-effects from
her treatments were relatively modest.
She suffered minor nausea from the
chemotherapy as well as the inevitable—
and, to her, quite devastating—hair
loss. Radiation therapy sometimes left
her fatigued. But the biggest impact has
been on the way she looks at life.
“I’ve always been the kind of person
who was very busy, who constantly
went from one thing to the next,” says
Leach. “I’m really bad at taking time for
myself. Now, I know that taking care of
me and my physical health has to be a
priority.”
Even in the midst of her cancer
treatments, Leach decided to start
training for the 2006 Weekend to End
Breast Cancer event, held in both Calgary
and Edmonton. In part, Leach simply
wanted something healthy to focus on
as she recovered. She also felt a sense of
gratitude, knowing that the $50,000 a
year it costs for herceptin treatment*—
for her and more than 100 other Alberta
women—was raised in large part at
the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s 2005
inaugural Weekend to End Breast Cancer
walk in Calgary. She’s doing her part
to give back, too—Leach is one of the
biggest single fundraisers for the Calgary
event, with $20,000 pledged to her twoday, 60-kilometre walk.
But most of all, Leach hopes that the
research funded through the annual
walk will help finally crack the puzzle
that is breast cancer so that her children
and grandchildren might be spared.
“I wouldn’t ever wish what I’ve gone
through on my daughters,” says Leach.
“I’m very hopeful that by the time they
are in their 20s, we’ll know a lot more
and may even have a way to prevent this
disease. Wouldn’t that be great?”
* Herceptin is now funded in Alberta to treat early-stage breast cancer.
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Weekend to End
Breast Cancer
The 2005 Weekend to End Breast Cancer
in Calgary was the single largest breast
cancer fundraiser ever held in Alberta,
raising $7.1 million. The event left a
legacy of healing, enabling the Alberta
Cancer Foundation to invest $5 million
in breast cancer research and programs
to benefit patients and families
throughout Alberta.
• $3 million launched the Alberta
Breast Cancer Research Initiative,
funding 12 new breast cancer
research projects in Calgary,
Edmonton and Lethbridge. This
was approximately 10 times the
Alberta Cancer Board funding
allocated for breast cancer
research in previous years.
• $1 million funded a compassionate
program that provided more than
180 Alberta women with herceptin
while formal evaluation of the new
drug was being completed.
• $1 million purchased state-of-theart equipment to enhance patient
programs:
- A fully equipped mobile van to
make breast cancer screening
more accessible to women in
over 100 rural communities;
- A dedicated ultrasound unit for
the new breast cancer surgery
suite at the Cross Cancer
Institute;
- A genetic analyzer that will further
breast cancer diagnosis and
research in the translational labs
at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre.
Breast Cancer
Incidence 2003
Mortality 2003
13 Male
3 Male
1794 Female
420 Female
1807 Total
423 Total
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Keeping Her Head Up
A young mother marks the end of her cancer
treatments by throwing a party with a cause.
Margo Schulte McKinnon loves a party.
So to celebrate the end of 18 months
of treatment for incurable follicular
lymphoma, she threw a great one—and
charged admission.
“I did not picture this as primarily a
fundraiser,” says McKinnon, “but as an
opportunity to celebrate, a chance to
relax, to dress up and laugh a bit.”
That first party, dubbed the “Snowball
Event,” was a laugh and more. It raised
$3,000 for new wigs at the Cross Cancer
Institute. “It was more devastating than
I thought it would be to lose my hair,”
says McKinnon. Faced with a selection
of “a number of curly, grey wigs,”
McKinnon at first despaired; when
she rooted out a new long, red-haired
wig, she “felt so much better.” Thanks
to her party proceeds, women now
have an additional 30 stylish choices.
Subsequent parties have raised funds
for blanket warmers and flat-screen TVs
for the day care area at the Cross Cancer
Institute.
McKinnon chairs the upcoming
fourth annual Snowball Event but
says, “Though I still have my finger
in everything, I’m delegating more.”
A team of volunteers now works the
event, and the guest list goes well
beyond McKinnon’s immediate family
and friends.
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There is no known cure for her
lymphoma, but McKinnon feels well on
the road to recovery. The aggressive
chemo treatments she received, followed
by annual antibody-based drug therapy,
have given her life back, literally,
she says. “The reality is that this is
a painful, painful journey of selfawakening and awareness. If you can
come out the other side—it’s magic. You
realize the only limitations are the ones
you put on yourself.”
The next Snowball Event is November
16, 2006, at Dante’s Bistro in Edmonton.
For tickets go to www.thesnowball.ca.
Special Events—Special People!
Each year hundreds of volunteers and participants in communities throughout the province
generously contribute their time and energy to raise funds on behalf of the Alberta Cancer
Foundation. In 2005/2006 these special people raised over $4 million in support of worldclass cancer care for all Albertans.
For a listing of the 2005/2006 community fundraising events, see page 46.
“If you can come out the other side—it’s
magic. You realize the only limitations are
the ones you put on yourself.”
Margo Schulte McKinnon’s ordeal with her incurable
lymphoma has taught her to cherish every moment.
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From Their Hearts
Irving and Dianne Kipnes were inspired by personal experience to support research
targeted on reducing the incidence and the mortality rate of cancer.
When Irving Kipnes was diagnosed
with prostate cancer, he and his wife,
Dianne, were shocked. “We both felt
fit and had always lived a healthy
lifestyle,” says Dianne. “We just could
not believe this.” Irving approached
cancer the way he met most
challenges, by becoming as informed
as possible. “I became an expert in
this cancer, even to the point of
suggesting what type of treatment
I should receive to my doctor. I
definitely did not want surgery and
was determined to avoid it.”
When his wife was diagnosed with
cervical cancer three years later,
she took a different approach. “We
each dealt with our cancer diagnosis
very differently,” says Dianne. “I
determined immediately that I would
have the surgery. This was followed by
radiation and chemotherapy.”
The dark days of treatment, worry and
fear are behind them now, replaced
by clarity for what is important in
their lives, and by vulnerability. “I
feel totally healed and well now, but
am very much aware of where I have
been,” says Dianne.
Their journeys were the impetus for
a remarkable gift—the endowment
of the Kipnes Research Chair in
Radiopharmaceutical Sciences at the
Cross Cancer Institute. The $5 million
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donation, the largest ever received
by the Alberta Cancer Foundation, will
provide funds to attract a top scientist
to focus on developing new indicators
to find, diagnose and monitor cancer
cells. This research will translate into
improvements in both diagnosis and
treatment and will allow more effective
monitoring of cancer therapy in
progress. The research will be applicable
to multiple types of cancers.
According to Irving, this donation is
specific to cancer research as opposed to
broader scientific research: “We expect
this fund will attract one of the world’s
best researchers to the CCI’s Centre
for Biological Imaging and Adaptive
Radiotherapy,” improving on an already
remarkable diagnostic and treatment
suite of biological imaging tools.
Apart from the desire to support cancer
research, the Kipneses hope their
Alberta Cancer Foundation donation sets
an example. “There is no better feeling
in the world than to give to this cause,”
Dianne says. “We knew we could not
help everyone with cancer, but this is
important research that can make an
immediate difference.”
Prostate Cancer
Incidence 2003
Mortality 2003
2151
340
Ovarian Cancer
Incidence 2003
Mortality 2003
177
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“There is no better feeling in the
world than to give to this cause.”
Irving and Dianne Kipnes are enjoying life’s blessings
and good health after individual bouts with cancer.
Fundamental Research Will Improve Cancer Treatment
Dr. Sandy McEwan, director of the Cross
Cancer Institute’s Oncological Imaging
Unit, calls the $5 million donation
from Dianne and Irving Kipnes “manna
from heaven.” Their funds will attract
an internationally renowned radiopharmaceutical scientist to Alberta who
will “move our research in molecular
imaging forward by five to 10 years,”
says McEwan.
The Alberta Cancer Board’s Positron
Emission Tomography (PET) Program,
located within the world’s first Centre
for Biological Imaging and Adaptive
Radiotherapy at the Cross Cancer Institute, images abnormalities of function
caused by disease. The most common
type of PET scan uses a radioactive
sugar to assess the metabolic rate of
a cancer—the more aggressive the
cancer, the higher the metabolic rate
and the more sugar it uses. However,
there are also other biological and
metabolic abnormalities associated with
cancer that can be detected by PET,
which may lead to improved patient
care. Conducting fundamental research
to develop new radioactive tracers for
these applications will be one of the
key responsibilities of the team led by
the new Chair.
Development and validation of new
markers to assess how rapidly cancer
cells are reproducing, how well a
patient will metabolize chemotherapy
drugs and what mechanisms control cell
death will help oncologists assess and
treat cancer more effectively—and that
will help improve patient outcomes.
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Research
Searching for
the Best Solution
Dr. Katia Tonkin is
assessing estrogen
levels in women with
metastacized breast cancer
to determine the value of
hormone therapy versus
chemotherapy in their
individual cases.
A significant
impact on the
number of cancer
cases that will occur
in Alberta will come
from two aspects:
Size
Our population is continually growing
and is projected to increase more than
30 per cent by 2025. Even if the risk of
developing cancer does not change, the
increase in population means there will
be more cancer cases in the province.
Age
Alberta’s large generation of ‘baby
boomers’ are entering an age where
cancer becomes a health concern. An
aging population will have a direct
impact on the number of cancer cases
in this province.
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Dr. Katia Tonkin is constantly impressed with the altruistic
nature of many breast cancer patients and their willingness
to participate in studies while very ill.
Tonkin, a senior medical
oncologist at Edmonton’s Cross
Cancer Institute as well as an
associate professor with the
University of Alberta, works
extensively on clinical trials.
In one of her latest trials, funded
through the Alberta Breast Cancer
Research Initiative, Tonkin will
follow 100 patients whose cancer
has become metastatic—that is,
at some point after the initial
diagnosis and treatment, the
cancer has returned, this time
spreading to another part of the
body such as the liver, the lung
or, most commonly, the bone.
Dr. Katia Tonkin works extensively on clinical
trials at the Cross Cancer Institute.
Typically, such patients have from a
few months to a few years to live.
Tonkin and her colleagues are using a
relatively new and innovative type of
positron emission tomography (PET)
scanning that looks at estrogen levels.
Traditionally, PET scans involve injecting
a small amount of radioactive glucose
(sugar) into a vein and then using a
scanner to make detailed, computerized
pictures of areas inside the body where
the glucose is used. Because cancer cells
often use more glucose than normal
cells, the pictures can be used to find
cancer cells in the body.
But many cancers are also fed by
estrogen and can be treated with
hormone therapy, which is considered
far less invasive than chemotherapy and
avoids side-effects such as hair loss.
When breast cancer is first diagnosed,
the cancers are tested to see if they are
hormone-positive and therefore likely to
respond to hormone therapy.
The problem, says Tonkin, is that
hormone therapy is not always effective
once a tumour has metastacized. “When
you treat them with hormones, only
some of the cancer will respond. So let’s
say they have a few lumps in their lungs
and some in their liver. You might find
the ones in the lung shrink very nicely,
but the ones in the liver don’t.”
Cancer describes more than 200
diseases that can affect any part of the
body. Their common factor is the rapid
creation of abnormal cells which can
spread to other parts of the body, a
process called metastasis.
Prevention steps
Research
What is cancer?
to reduce your risk of cancer and other chronic diseases
Tobacco is the single largest preventable
¸ cause
of cancer. Choose to be a nonsmoker and avoid second-hand smoke.
Chewing tobacco and snuff are not safe
alternatives to smoking.
If you are a woman 50-69 years of age,
¸ have
a screening mammogram at least
once every two years. If you are 40-49
years of age, consult your doctor about
the opportunity to access a screening
mammogram.
Eat five to 10 servings of vegetables and
¸ fruit
daily. Fresh, frozen, canned and
If you are a woman over 18, have a
¸ regular
Pap test, which can prevent
dried vegetables and fruit are all good
for you. One serving is about the size of
the palm of your hand, or approximately
½ cup.
In addition to a traditional glucosebased PET scan, the patients in
Tonkin’s study will be examined
using a new type of PET scan
which measures the sites of breast
cancer that take up estrogen. This
technology, under development for
the past five years, is available in
Alberta only on an experimental
basis. The point is to measure
specific estrogen levels of each
individual cancer to make sure
that they really would respond to
hormone therapy—and to do that
before any treatment begins.
Tonkin’s expectation is that, in
a significant number of cases,
patients whose original cancer
tested hormone-positive will learn
through this new PET scan that the
metasticized cancer is not, in fact,
being fed by estrogen. In that event,
they will not be given hormone
therapy and will instead likely be
placed on chemotherapy. The bottom
line? “Because we normally wait
two or three months to evaluate if
a treatment is working,” observes
Tonkin, “we could be wasting
that time doing something that’s
ineffective.” That would be especially
tragic for patients who have precious
little time to lose.
Maintain a healthy body weight with a
¸ healthy
diet.
¸
dd physical activity to your daily
A
routine. Forty-five minutes of vigorous
physical activity, five or more days of
the week, is optimum.
Practise sun safety—cover up, use
¸ sunscreen
SPF 15 or higher and seek
shade. There is no such thing as a
healthy tan and tanning salons are not
safe alternatives.
almost all cervical cancers by finding
cell changes early enough for a woman
to be treated and cured.
See your doctor and dentist regularly
¸ for
check-ups and right away if you
notice any change in your normal state
of health. One-third of all cancers could
be cured if detected early and treated
adequately, so pay attention to changes
in your health.
Avoid exposure to hazardous materials
¸ and
environmental carcinogens.
Can cancer be prevented?
Fifty per cent of cancers are preventable and cancer prevention is our best
opportunity to reduce cancer deaths. Research has shown that we can reduce the
incidence of cancer by practising a healthy lifestyle.
Making a Difference Today
A young mother diagnosed with cancer
begins a long journey of doctor’s visits
and treatment appointments. Who
cares for her children while she is
away and recovering? How does she
cover the extra cost of child care? The
Alberta Cancer Foundation’s Patient
Financial Assistance Program was
established to provide short-term
grants to patients and their families
who experience financial difficulties
as a result of their treatment. The
assistance could go toward travel and
accommodation costs associated with
accessing cancer treatment or to help
with loss of income when a patient is
unable to work.
“I was not even aware of the great
need for extra support for some
cancer patients before I heard about
this program,” says donor Bibianne
Robitaille, but when she heard about
the program administered by Alberta
Cancer Board social workers, she saw a
way to make a tangible contribution.
Robitaille and her husband, Willard,
have directed their annual Alberta
Cancer Foundation donation to the
financial assistance program and to
cancer research for six years. In this
way, they help those with cancer today,
and work toward eliminating cancer
tomorrow. “Research will make the
difference,” says Robitaille. “By the time
our grandchildren grow up, we will have
made real progress on fighting cancer.”
For more information on the Patient
Financial Assistance Program go to
albertacancer.ca.
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Research
Computer-Designing
Cancer Treatment
Dr. Jack Tuszynski is using computational biophysics
to design drugs that will combat cancerous cells but
minimally impact healthy ones.
The computer looks unassuming
enough. But inside Dr. Jack
Tuszynski’s desktop machine
runs a processor that could
hold a key to the fight
against cancer.
As the Allard Research Chair in
Oncology, Tuszynski heads a team at
work building “designer drugs” able
to kill tumours and eventually lead
to cancer cures.
“My hope is that the tangible
effects are not that far away,” says
Tuszynski, also a physics professor
at the University of Alberta. “Once
we have all the proper equipment
in place, our work could save years
of research time, millions of dollars
and would take the guesswork out
of finding the proper drugs to treat
cancer.”
Simply put, the goal of Tuszynski’s
computational biophysics work is to
create the perfect drugs that would
target cancerous cells while reducing
side-effects to the healthy cells. For
example, he and researchers from
Texas have already developed a new
generation of chemotherapy drugs
called Taxol, a class that interacts
with certain proteins in cells to
stop cell division and eventually the
spread of cancer. Taxol drugs
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Dr. Jack Tuszynski is the new Allard Research Chair
in Oncology at the Cross Cancer Institute. He applies
his physics expertise to developing cancer drugs.
currently stop cell division in both
healthy and cancerous cells; the new
class of these drugs being designed by
Tuszynski and his colleagues will mainly
affect cancerous cells.
model through to clinical trials. “That’s
my dream and if we do that, we could
achieve the end goal of killing tumours
in a patient-specific manner; this is not
the case today.”
During his first sabbatical in Europe
Tuszynski toured a number of labs and
had time to reflect on his career. It was
then he decided to focus his expertise
in biological physics on fighting such
diseases as cancer. To achieve success in
this new but promising field of biological
modelling, Tuszynski drew on his physics
background to help create a computer
software program that scans all proteins
against all available chemical compounds
to find the perfect match. Ten years
later, the intricate program he worked
on can tell scientists exactly how well
the protein might bind to the drug.
Collaborating with top researchers
at the Cross Cancer Institute and in
Texas and China will help speed that
goal along, but the lack of needed
equipment closer to home is slowing
the team down. Currently, they
have access to 100 processors, most
scattered at individual workstations.
To be able to calculate millions of
possible targets against millions of
possible drug compounds, at least
1,000 processors are needed. “When
you think about the cost and years,
likely decades, we could save in the
long run the cost is worth it,” he
says. “I work in a building where I
walk past people every day who are
very sick and it is impossible not to
be affected by that. To think that
we could be so close to changing
people’s lives in such a positive way
is very exciting.”
“This is based on the principle of fitting
like a lock and key,” says Tuszynski.
“Once you find that match, you can
move on to determining the actual
dosage, formulation or best way to
administer it. But before that point, you
need what we call rational drug design.
Otherwise the way of trying to figure out
the best drugs would be called irrational,
serendipity or an educated guess.”
Tuszynski hopes that within two
years his research group will be able
to boast that it is the only one in the
world capable of running the complete
cycle—starting at the computational
Dr. Jack Tuszynski was appointed
Allard Research Chair in Oncology in
October 2005. The Allard Research Chair
is supported by an initial $2 million
donation from the Allard Foundation
to the Alberta Cancer Foundation. The
$3 million Chair is supported by the
Alberta Cancer Foundation’s Research
Endowment Fund.
Milestone Three
Eliminate Suffering
“If, as a society, we are not able to remove suffering,
there is really something wrong.” –Dr. Jean Michel-Turc
How can anyone eliminate suffering?
It seems like an impossible goal, but
according to Dr. Jean Michel-Turc,
president and CEO of the Alberta Cancer
Board, the relief of suffering is a
fundamental human right.
“If, as a society, we are not able
to remove suffering, there is really
something wrong,” says Turc. “We know
how to do it. We have the tools to do it.
There really is no excuse.”
Suffering stems from fear, pain
and worry. It has psychological,
physiological and intellectual
dimensions. And for each, there are
avenues of relief. “If you are able
to control the suffering part, as an
individual you have more tools to deal
with the rest of the disease,” says Turc.
Inevitably, for now, there are those who
will die of their cancer. Still, says Turc,
we need to do everything possible to
ensure their days are still filled with
life. We need to support them in a way
that ensures “they are at the end of
the road because of the natural course,
not because they don’t want to fight
anymore.
“In this day and age, suffering is not
acceptable. We need to apply what we
know consistently. Yes, some patients
will have a very high level of pain, but
we need to deal with it.”
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Finding Voice
Yvonne Merchant discovered that treating her cancer was more than just physical.
She sought support for dealing with the emotions of living with incurable cancer.
Life-threatening disease was not part of
Calgarian Yvonne Merchant’s retirement
plan. But in 2002, four months
after retiring as an insurance agent,
Merchant, 62, was diagnosed with a
rare and incurable CUP (or cancer with
an unknown primary origin) glandular
cancer, found in only two to five per
cent of the population.
Merchant and her husband, Peter, were
just finalizing plans to head to Australia
to celebrate life as retirees when she
experienced persistent coughing and
swelling in her neck. Multiple visits
to the doctor didn’t identify a cause,
but upon her return from abroad, tests
revealed a cancerous lymph node.
At first, chemotherapy kept the cancer
in check, but after two years she
experienced more swelling and developed
cancer in her ovaries. A hysterectomy
and more rounds of chemo were followed
a year later with more swelling and yet
more chemotherapy.
Merchant tolerated the chemotherapy
and physically fared well. The emotional
effect of dealing with incurable cancer
was another story.
“You hear the word ‘cancer’ but what it
really means and how it will impact you,
you just don’t know,” says Merchant. She
was referred to Dr. Barry Bultz, director
of the Department of Psychosocial
Resources at the Tom Baker Cancer
Centre, and a clinical psychologist whose
pioneering work helps address the
psychological, emotional, spiritual and
quality-of-life issues after diagnosis.
She spent her entire first visit crying.
“One of the first things he said to me
was ‘You don’t have control over the
Enbridge Research Chair in Psychosocial Oncology
The Enbridge Research Chair in Psychosocial Oncology is one of the first of its kind in
North America. The $3 million Chair at the University of Calgary is co-funded by the
Alberta Cancer Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta/N.W.T. Division.
Alberta Cancer Foundation funding includes a $1.2 million donation from Enbridge
Inc. This gift, the largest charitable donation ever made by Enbridge, was a centennial
gift to all Albertans facing cancer. It is now part of an Alberta Cancer Foundation
endowment fund established through a 1996 Enbridge-sponsored campaign to create a
stable and secure source of funding for cancer research. The Conquering Cancer Research
Endowment Fund is now in excess of $48 million.
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cancer, but you have control over how
you live with it,’” says Merchant. “It’s
so true. You really have no other choice
when you have an incurable disease. It is
not going to get better.”
Facing the reality of Merchant’s illness
has been particularly hard for her three
grown children. “It’s a lot of processing
for them because they have never seen
me ill,” she says. “The only time I was
ever in the hospital is when I had each
of them.”
Individual and family counselling with
Bultz has helped them cope with the
reality of cancer. And through group
therapy, they’ve built a network of close
friends. Yoga and meditation are now
part of life as is an annual “de-stressing”
vacation in Mexico.
“The biggest thing I’ve learned through
this experience is to maintain hope,”
says Merchant. She faces more chemo
and drugs to control the pain, but is
determined to live each day fully. Most
people diagnosed with her type of cancer
die within a year. She has lived four.
“Who knows why I am still here?” she
says. “Yes, I’m going back into chemo,
but I’m doing okay. If that is what I
have to do to survive, then so be it.”
“The biggest thing I’ve learned
through this experience is to
maintain hope.”
Unknown Primary Cancer
Incidence 2003
Mortality 2003
153 Male
144 Male
158 Female
144 Female
311 Total
288 Total
Yvonne Merchant determined the best way to work through her anger and fear after her cancer diagnosis was
to talk about it. She received support through the psychosocial oncology program at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre.
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Research
Managing Pain
Dr. Neil Hagen is dedicated to eliminating pain
and suffering in cancer patients to provide them with
the best quality of life possible.
Dr. Neil Hagen is investigating ways to deliver
pain-killing drugs to cancer patients to limit
the impacts of breakthrough pain.
Dr. Neil Hagen understood his
life’s calling from the moment
he began his first rotation as
a neurology resident at the
renowned Mayo Clinic. “I was
placed on the cancer ward,”
recalls Hagen, “and I knew
right then I wanted to be a
neurological oncologist.”
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A subsequent two-year fellowship
in neuro-oncology and cancer pain
management at a New York City hospital
reinforced Hagen’s desire to help
patients deal with the horrific pain that
often accompanies cancer, especially in
its final stages. “It’s really quite tough
to be silent in the presence of the kind
of suffering one encounters in advanced
cancer,” says the Edmonton-born
Hagen. “But I soon realized there’s a
lot that can be done for these patients,
pain control being one of the most
important.”
Many cancer patients experience pain as
a result of the cancer spreading to other
parts of the body, most commonly to
the bones—what’s known as metastatic
cancer. There are examples of metastatic
cancer being cured, but it’s extremely
rare; most patients facing such a
diagnosis have between a few months
and a few years to live. But, as Hagen
says, “Even if a person has limited time,
they can still have dignity and a sense
of intactness as a human being.”
Pain management is key to give these
patients the best quality of life possible
in the time they have left. Even when
pain is well-managed, Hagen says, the
majority of patients will suffer so-called
“breakthrough pain”—brief flashes of
severe distress that, on average, are as
bad as it is going to get within three
minutes and usually last no more than
30 minutes if untreated. For someone
whose cancer has spread to the bones,
breakthrough pain usually occurs when
they try to move their limbs—for
example, to stand up or attempt to take
a bath.
Currently, breakthrough pain is treated
with narcotics such as morphine and
methadone in the form of a pill. But
it takes between 15 and 30 minutes
for the pills to deliver relief. “That
means it’s just beginning to work at
the point the flare-up pain is ending,”
says Hagen. “So what’s used around the
world for this common pain problem is
often quite inadequate.”
Hagen and his colleagues asked
themselves a basic question: How can
we get a drug we know will work into
a patient’s bloodstream quickly and in
a convenient and safe manner? They
already knew that methadone, which is
fat-soluble, delivers pain relief within
three minutes when given intravenously
(by comparison, morphine, which
dissolves in water, takes 15 minutes to
be effective, even when delivered by an
IV). They also knew that the small, juicy
blood vessels underneath the tongue
absorbed fat-soluble methadone far better
than water-soluble morphine. So why not
The Arts in Medicine program encourages
patients to express themselves through painting, sculpture, music, photography, fibre arts
and soapstone carving. In 2006, Dr. Marilyn
Hundleby, a clinical psychologist and director
of the Arts in Medicine program, and cancer
survivor Sherry Abbott co-authored Cancer and
the Art of Healing, a book showcasing the creations and personal discoveries of more than
300 Arts in Medicine participants.
The book was published through a grant from
the Alberta Cancer Foundation and is available
for purchase at albertacancer.ca.
explore the potential for providing
quick relief by putting small doses of
liquid morphine under the tongue?
A small pilot project proved the
concept sound, and preliminary
results suggest cancer patients are
receiving full relief in as little as
five minutes. Starting in the summer
of 2006, Hagen will oversee a study
of up to 60 patients in Calgary,
Edmonton and London, Ontario. If
all goes well, he hopes to proceed
to a full-fledged clinical trial in less
than three years.
The procedure being tested could
dramatically improve the lives of
cancer patients. “If there was a
way to manage breakthrough pain
pre-emptively by putting a few
drops of liquid under your tongue
five minutes before you get up or
go to move, it could revolutionize a
person’s quality of life.”
For Hagen, the basic lesson is the
one he’s been learning since he
stepped on to the cancer ward at the
Mayo Clinic. “The dark truth,” he
says, “is that a large percentage of
people who get cancer are going to
die from it. But no one with cancer
should suffer.”
Research
Healing through Art
“I vividly remember what a struggle it was to
begin to paint—but I didn’t have the strength
or capacity to pull my thoughts together in
words. I could barely speak. Tears flooded me all
the time. Today while I was painting the world
around me stopped, and I was in a stress-free
environment.”
– Arts in Medicine participant
Psychosocial Oncology Care in
the Community Cancer Network
Thirty-five to 45 per cent of people diagnosed with cancer experience
significant distress at some point in their cancer journey. On-site
psychosocial services are available at the Cross Cancer Institute in
Edmonton and the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary; patients and
families across the province have access to psychosocial support closer to
home through our community cancer network.
For more information on psychosocial support go to
www.cancerboard.ab.ca/maco/initiatives_psychosocial.htm.
Compassion and Care
In 2005, an estimated 5,000 Albertans died of cancer. Palliative care
support ensures that, even in dying, patients can love, be loved, live.
“It’s hard to die,” says Deb Gitzel, a palliative care resource nurse. “It is
just such a tough journey.” But so much can be done to help.
Gitzel clocks more than 2,000 kilometres per month in her area around
Stettler, visiting patients in their homes, hospitals or continuing care
facilities at the request of their caregivers. She helps families understand
what support is available and helps dying patients feel at ease. “A lot of
my work is symptom management,” she says. “Making sure patients have
adequate medication to deal with their pain and discomfort means they
can do the things they want to do, for as long as possible—even though
they are dying.”
The Hospice Palliative Care Network works with regional health
authorities to improve access to palliative care throughout rural Alberta.
To learn more, visit www.cancerboard.ab.ca/maco.
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Resolved to
Make an Impact
Brendan O’Callaghan has been cancer free for close to eight years, but his family
will never forget the day they learned their two-year-old son had leukemia.
Their journey through Brendan’s diagnosis, illness and treatment has left the
family with one goal—to ensure a cancer free future becomes reality.
Looking at him now, you could not tell
that Brendan was ever ill. He is bright,
cheerful, articulate and athletic, with
a zest for life like any 10-year-old’s.
But when he accompanies his parents
on their annual fundraising events,
he’s a symbol of success in the fight
against cancer.
Craig and Carolyn O’Callaghan were
expecting their second child when
two-year-old Brendan became terribly
ill. He was admitted to the University
of Alberta Hospital (now the Stollery
Children’s Hospital) and diagnosed
with a rare B-cell acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (ALL). The aggressiveness
of Brendan’s cancer forced an equally
aggressive response by his oncological
team: for eight months he was isolated
from the general public and underwent
rounds of chemotherapy. Reacting with
fear to the pain, little Brendan simply
stopped talking for the entire period of
treatment.
When they finally returned home,
Brendan’s build-up of months of
rage was released in screaming fits.
The O’Callaghans credit the Cross
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“For us, it’s personal.
Before this, we didn’t
know much about cancer.
Now we know how it
affects lives, and we
want to help beat it.”
–Craig O’Callaghan
for the Alberta Cancer Foundation in the
past five years. They also speak at close
to 40 events annually throughout the
region.
“We tell everyone their dollars are
making a difference,” says Craig. “The
money we raise attracts other seed
money and research grants.”
“For us, it’s personal,” says Craig.
“Before this, we didn’t know much about
cancer. Now we know how it affects
lives, and we want to help beat it.”
Cancer Institute with helping them
reclaim some normality in their lives.
“The counsellors and support givers
understand all the other aspects of the
disease,” says Carolyn. “I knew I could
call them anytime I needed—it made a
huge difference.”
Brendan is now cured. The O’Callaghans
say they can never repay the caregivers
who saw them through this, but they
have certainly tried. In their home town
of Wetaskiwin and surrounding area
they are known for the annual Short Cut
to the Cure, which has raised $340,000
Leukemia
Incidence 2003
Mortality 2003
242 Male
93 Male
150 Female
98 Female
392 Total
191 Total
Brendan O’Callaghan is a picture of health
today and an example of great progress in
dealing with childhood leukemias.
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Demonstrated Care
Stepping Up to a Cancer Free Future—Together
More than 13,000 Albertans
will be diagnosed with cancer
this year. These individuals
and their families will meet
and be supported throughout
their cancer experience by an
outstanding team of healthcare professionals—including
researchers, doctors, nurses,
pharmacists, social workers
and therapists.
The team behind these individuals includes the Alberta Cancer Foundation and
more than 100,000 Albertans who generously donate each year for cancer research,
prevention, treatment and care throughout the province. In the 2005/2006 fiscal
year, total revenue including lottery proceeds and investment income exceeded $30
million, more than double the amount of the previous year. Full financials for the
2005/2006 year are available on our website at albertacancer.ca.
These individuals turned “I wish there was something I could do” into more
knowledge through research; into prevention initiatives and screening services like a
new mobile breast screening van; into more accurate diagnostic and treatment tools
such as the positron emission tomography (PET) scanner imaging unit; and into a
helping hand when needed most from the Patient Financial Assistance Fund.
Our donors made personal donations both large and small. And they put ingenuity,
muscle and humour behind countless fundraising walks, runs, head shaves, silent
auctions, bake sales, car washes and golf tournaments. They bought lottery tickets,
responded to our mail campaigns and remembered us through estate gifts.
The most common thread for each of our donors is a personal connection with
cancer. Many are cancer survivors themselves. Many give to honour the memory
of someone lost to cancer. For others, raising money for the Alberta Cancer
Foundation is a meaningful way of saying “I care” for someone they know who has
cancer, or “I care enough to invest in ensuring cancer has no place in my future or
that of my children.”
The Alberta Cancer Board has set an ambitious vision of a Cancer Free Future. The
Alberta Cancer Foundation and all Albertans who support it have a critical role in
helping to make that vision a reality.
Thank you.
Pattie Culver
Chair, Alberta Cancer Foundation
Linda Mickelson
Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Cancer Foundation
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Every Contribution Counts
Thank you
*
The Alberta Cancer Foundation was established in 1984 to support and
enhance the treatment facilities and provincial cancer care programs of the
Alberta Cancer Board. The money you give supports research discoveries that
will improve treatments and save lives. Your donations also directly support
patient care and help our caregivers provide both information and comfort to
patients and their families. And, keeping Albertans informed about the role
they can play in a healthy future will pay tremendous dividends.
Thank you to all our donors and volunteers who will help us make a cancer free future
reality. The following have donated $1,000 or more over their giving history, and have
made gifts of $500 or more between April 1, 2005, and March 31, 2006.
Our donors are recognized in this publication and on our donor walls with written permission.
Honoured Benefactors ($5,000,000 plus)
The Dianne & Irving Kipnes Foundation
Distinguished Benefactors
($1,000,000 – $4,999,999)
Canadian Cancer Society
Enbridge Inc.
D.W.C. Johnston
Patrons ($100,000 – $499,999)
Medical Research Fund
(at the Calgary Foundation)
CIBC
Don D. & Valerie Copeland
Engineered Air—Resman Community Services
Don & Kim Gray
Helen & Peter Haas
Lehigh Inland
Neil & Edith MacGillivray
Frank Sojonky & Carla Cumming Sojonky
Partners ($50,000 – $99,999)
Anonymous
ARC Resources Ltd.
The Bear Children’s Fund
Devonian Properties
EnCana Cares Foundation
EnCana Corporation
Neil Harvie Family
Look Homes Inc. Building Cures for Kids
Alex & Jean McDougald
Geoff & Hugh Osler
United Way Alberta
Capital Region Donor Directed Program
United Way of Calgary and Area
Builders ($25,000 - $49,999)
324 Holdings Ltd.
Anonymous (2)
ATCO
ATCO Group
Harold & Linda Banister
CIBC World Markets
Children’s Miracle Foundation
Civic Service Union 52
Digital Communications—Rogers Wireless
James & Magda Dykstra
Gilbert Laustsen Jung Associates Ltd.
Haywood Securities Inc.
Katherine Laschowski
Allan P. Markin
PricewaterhouseCoopers
RBC Foundation
Jim Richl
StarPoint Energy Ltd.
R.H. (Dick) & Nancy Wilson
Sponsors ($10,000 – $24,999)
Anonymous (5)
ARC Financial Corporation
Donald Archibald
Associazione Trevisani Nelmondo
Gerry & Beverly Berkhold
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Andrew Boland and Lynn Elston
Bosoms or Bust Team
Ruth & Dorothy Bower
M. Scott Bratt
Bull Moose Capital Ltd.
Burlington Resources
Cam Clark Ford
Vincent Chahley and Patty Irwin
John & Karin Chambers
CIBC World Markets
Fred Coles
Vijay & Suzanne Domingo
ECL Group of Companies Ltd.
Edmonton Journal
Glen Ellis
Golden Gate Lions Club
Robert & Cathy Grundleger
Dixie & Tom Hagerman
Frank Hall
HFKS Architects Ltd.
Shawn & Rhonda Henderson
Peter & Deanne Henry
Ralph K. Hole
Bonnie & Daryl Howard
Integrated Production Services
Darrell Jones & Alison Jones
Rudy & Anne Klawon
Kobayashi Partners Limited
Barry Lee
The Lukey Family
Florence McGinnis
Bruce Miyashita
Motorola
Nexen Inc.
Paramount Resources Ltd.
Pentastar Energy Services Ltd.
Petrofund Corp.
Progress Energy Ltd.
RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Riley’s Reproduction & Printing Ltd.
Samsung
Sandlewood Developments Ltd.
sanofi aventis
Saville Group
Sentry Select Capital Corp.
Wayne Sharp and Family
Steve & Carolyn Soules
Southern-Asselin Family
John M. Stewart
John Thiessen
TELUS Community Connections
Michael & Renae Tims
Top Draw
TransCanada Corporation
Uniglobe Geo Travel
Deborah Yedlin & Martin Molyneaux
Contributors ($5,000 – $9,999)
Airways Truck Rentals & Leasing
Alberta Blue Cross
Alberta Building Trades Council
Charitable Foundation
Don & Fran Andrews
Anonymous (4)
Argus
AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
Axiss Marketing Inc.
Jim Baird
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Thank You
Barbecues Galore
Mary Barr
Beaver Drilling Ltd.
Bob Bentley
Barry & Deborah Bentz
Donald & Rita Bosch & Family
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Burns Sr. Family Fund
at The Calgary Foundation
Burstall Winger LLP
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Canadian Oil Sands Trust
Raymond & Philomena Chan
The Cretan Society of Calgary
Douglas & Margaret Cumming
Cummings Andrews MacKay
Herman & Elly De Jongh
Peter & Helen Dyck
Eagles Nest Catering
edatanetworks Inc.
Edmonton Strathcona Lions Club
Eecol Electric Inc.
Herbert & Jeanette Ellis
Executive Women International
—Calgary Chapter
George C. Field Endowment Fund at
the Edmonton Community Foundation
FirstEnergy Capital Corp.
Fort Road Bingo Association
Kevin Foster
Pat & Joe Freedman
Gienow Building Products Ltd
Great Hobbies
Griffiths McBurney & Partners
Elmer & Penny Harbridge Fund
at the Calgary Foundation
High Point Resources Inc.
Hitfar Concepts
Hole’s Greenhouse and Gardens
Edward Holzapfel
HSE Integrated Ltd.
James & Nancy Hutton
IBM Employees’ Charitable Fund
IGL Canada Western Ltd.
Integrated Production Services
Kinsmen Club of Brooks
Mervin & Edna Krueger
Dr. Allan Leboldus
Norma MacLean & Family
MacLeod Dixon
Keith & Kathryn MacPhail
Mammoth Productions Inc.
Mancal Corporation
Maunders McNeil Foundation Inc.
McCarthy Tetrault
Mitchell & Kimberly Molloy
Donna Mulholland
Michael Myshak
Nabors Drilling Limited
Nokia
Northrock Resources Ltd.
Rene Phalempin
Phoenix Technology Income Fund
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Pirie Foundation
John W. Porter
Chris, Holly & Chloe Potter
Print Works Ltd.
Provident Energy Trust
PTI Group Inc.
Qualico
John & Sandy Read Family Fund
Real Resources Inc.
Sanjel Corporation
Schendel Mechanical
Leon & Michell Seiferman
Greg Royer/Serval Services Limited
Harvey & Audrey Shaw
Sobeys West
Sony Ericsson
Soroptimist International of Edmonton
Sterling Crane
Terracore Specialty Drilling Ltd.
Thunder Energy Inc.
Tidal Energy Marketing Inc.
Tirecraft Auto Centers Ltd.
WAM Development Group
C. James Welch
Doug Wiens
Ron Wigham
David & Penny Wilson
WRD Borger Construction Ltd.
Supporters ($2,500 – $4,999)
Acclaim Energy Trust
Adams & MacGregor Consulting Ltd.
Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd
Alberta Truss
Alberta Tubular Products Ltd.
Alliance Drilling Fluids Ltd.
AltaGas Services Inc.
Anonymous (15)
Avalon Junior High School
Willem & Catharina Baas
Leslie E. Bissett
Douglas Blair
Booster Juice
Bonnyville Bingo Association
Brahma Compression Ltd.
Brinkhaus Jewellers
Ian & Darlene Bruce
Calgary Co-operative Association Limited
Calgary Sewfest Ltd.
Campbell Park Bingo Association
Canadian Progress Club of St. Albert
Canadian Western Bank
Caron Transportation Systems
Cathedral Energy Services Ltd.
CCS Income Trust
CDL Systems Ltd.
Champion Technologies
Joan Charbonneau
Yvette Claveau
Noel Cleland
Reginald & Jean Coroy
J. Russel Cukr
Patricia Culver
Dawson Wallace Construction Ltd.
Deloitte
Dick Cook Schulli
Divine Hardwood Flooring
Dynetek Industries Ltd.
Edmonton Public Teachers’
Local 37 Charity Trust Fund
Emans Smith Andersen Engineering Ltd.
The Enerplus Group
The Focus Corporation Ltd.
Dr. T. Chen Fong
Fontaine Pipeline Ltd.
Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P.
Foundation of Hope Employees’ Foundation
Bank of Montreal Group of Companies
B. Ross Giles
Wilf Gobert
Grandin Bingo Palace
Don & Betty Ann Graves
William W. Hale
Hard Wok Buffet, Saskatoon
Harry Hole
Sissy & (Scobey) Hartley
Richard & Lois Haskayne
Jerome & Lorraine Hastings
Ron & Jacqueline Hayter
Thomas & Linda Heathcott
Thoma Hess
Hoffmann La Roche Limited
Hokanson Capital Inc.
J. Leonard Holman
Hygaard Fine Foods Ltd.
Industrial Machine Inc.
Innovative Chemical Technologies Canada Ltd.
Inside Education - 20th Anniversary
Inter Pipeline Fund
Investors Group
Jasper Avenue Pizza Ltd.
JOG Capital
Kensington Bingo Centre
Martin King
Knights of Columbus Holy Family Council 4957
KPMG
Edward & Marjorie Kuly
Lakeland & District Bingo Association
of Cold Lake, AB
Landrex Developers Inc.
Friends of Jill Laraway
Lear Real Estate Ltd.
Leduc Rapid Bingo Assn.
Heather & Thomas Lester
Gwenyth Lewington
Liliana’s Boutique & Decor
Dorothy Litke
Lockerbie & Hole Contracting Limited
Luscar Ltd.
Mac MacKenzie Family
Masters Energy Inc
Matco Investments Ltd.
McElhanney Land Survey Ltd.
Gordon & Dorothy McMillan
Linda Mickelson
MLC Group
Mr. Lube
Navitas Energy Group Ltd.
Kevin Peterson & Sheila O’Brien
Parkallen School
Parlee McLaws
Brian & Michelle Pawl
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
The Principals & Staff of Peters & Co.
Philips Medical Systems Canada
David & Anne Phillips
Pioneer Press Ltd.
Plains Marketing Canada, L.P.
Polartek 2000 Ltd.
Premier Integrated Technologies Ltd.
PrimeWest Energy
Susan L. Pritchard
Barb Prodor
Jack & Bonnie Rawlyck
Sharon R. Rees
Resolute Energy Inc.
Conchita Reyes
Floyd & Nancy Reynolds
Riley Resources Inc.
George Samoil
Samson Canada Resources
Savanna Energy Services Corp.
SCF Partners
Scotiabank
Daryl K. Seaman
Graeme & Luciana Sivertson
Spiral of Life Cancer Support—Smith, AB
Spruce Grove Bingo Centre
Warren & Teresa Stark
Steeplejack Industrial
Streamline Construction Co. Ltd.
Louisa Tang
Terasen Pipelines Inc.
Tirion Properties Ltd.
The Dobbin Group
The Roadhouse
Thermo King Western Ltd.
Timing Energy Inc.
Trail Building Supplies Ltd.
Jack & Dawn Thrasher
Tristone Capital Inc.
Patricia Trottier
Ultraline Services Corp.
United Cycle
Warrant Officers’ & Sergeants’
Mess 4 Wing Cold Lake
Dr. Sharon Watanabe
Jane Weller & Dale Magee
West Edmonton Keg
Ben & Fran Whitworth
Robert M. Wilkinson
Women of the Moose Chapter 853
Woodridge Lincoln Mercury
W.Y. Svrcek Engineering Ltd.
David Yager
Zargon Oil & Gas Ltd.
Friends ($1,000 – $2,499)
783 (Calgary) Wing RCAFA
784 (Wing) AFAC
652717 Alberta Ltd.
Abria Financial Group
Accrete Energy Inc.
Acklands-Grainger Inc.
Acrodex
Madam Justice Darlene Acton &
Donald M. Scott
Actual Mechanical
AGF Funds Inc.
AGRA Foundations Limited
Agristar Inc.
Ainsworth Financial Services Ltd.
Airdrie Windshield & Glass Ltd.
Al Amira Temple Dancers
Alberta Blue Cross Staff Association
Alberta Computer Cable Inc.
Alberta Mining Corporation Limited
Alberta Oil Tool
Alberta Oil Tool Employee Goodwill Fund
Alberta Rose Insurance
Alberta Traffic Supply Ltd.
All Weather Windows
Jon Allen
Rae & Carol Allen
Aloette of Edmonton South
Alstom Transport
George Anderson
J.C. (Jack) Anderson
Anderson Well Servicing (1986) Ltd.
Anglo Canadian Motors
Anonymous (33)
Gino & Silvana Antonello
AON Financial Benefits Group
Arrow Welding & Industrial Suppliers Inc.
ATCO Electric—ECHO Foundation
James P.G. Atkinson
Avison Young Commercial Real Estate
Baker Oil Tools
Dorothy Banser
Jim & Carole Barker
Doug & Laurel Baron
Greg & Kim Barrett
Garth & Jo Ann Barrick
B. Margaret Bawden
BBQ Acres Caterers Ltd.
Beaubien Glover Maskell Engineering
Ian & Robin Beddis
Pierre Beland
Ber-Mac Electrical Instrumentation
Reginald & Glenys Berry
Susan Bertolin
Bob & Shirley Bexson
B.G.E. Service & Supply Ltd.
Thomas Bieschke
Lynda Binder
Biomira Inc.
Ruth Birchall
Dale & Jane Birdsell
B-Line Contracting/A Division of Kozicky
Construction Ltd.
Mr. & Mrs. John Blackstock
BlueGrouse Seismic Solutions
Blumont Capital
BMO Nesbitt Burns—The Seed Team
Steven Bodon
Scott Bolton
Marc Bombenon
Hugh Borgland
Bouchard Well Service Ltd.
Marion & Donald Boucher
Dorothy (Peggy) Bouk
Jacob Bouwmeester
Bower Dental Centre
Janine Boyer-Kwong Fund
Todd Bradley
Tracy Bradley
Doreen M. Bray
Norm Braybrook
Simon & Meg Bregazzi
Sharon Broadbent
Bronco Mud Inc.
Alan Browne
Irene Browne
BRT Construction Services Ltd.
Richard & Heather Bryant
Ron & Phyllis Bryant
Bumper Development Corporation Ltd.
David & Marlene Burnett
Burnet Duckworth and Palmer LLP
Bruce F. Burnyeat
Brent Button
Ken Cairns
The Calgary Crescendo Choir Society
Calgary Flames Foundation
Calgary Southridge Lions Club
Shea Nerland Calnan
Nancy & Bruce Calvin
John & Elizabeth Cameron
Patricia Cameron
David Campbell
Garth & Marguerite Campbell
Gary Campbell
Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts
Canadian Tire—Pacific Place
Canetic Resources Inc.
Cargill Foods
Carl Bachand Consulting
Don & Betty Carlson
Carma Developers Ltd.
Castledowns Bingo Staff & Friends
Castledowns Lions Club
Drs. Carol & David Cass
CE Franklin Ltd.
Centron Construction Group
CESSCO Fabrication & Engineering Ltd.
Ajay Chadha
Nathan & May Chan
Chapau Rentals Ltd.
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Thank You
Mark Chapelski
Marc Charron
Brian Chatwin
Allan Cheng
Chocolate and Chuckles
Citadel Community Book Sale
CKB Construction Services
Stuart Clark
Ed Clarke
Clear Vista School
Dan & Nancy Clement
Club Bingo Hall
Christine Coles
Don Collison
Contact Exploration Inc.
Contour Earthmoving Ltd.
Co-operators Life Insurance Co.
Elsie Cooper
Marshall Copithorne
Helen Corcoran
Lorna Corcoran
Core Lab Pro Technics Division
Corus Entertainment
Kathryn Wyatt Cottingham
Heather & Joe Couillard
Crescent Point Energy Trust
Crossbow Machine Corp.
Crosstown Heating & Ventilating Ltd.
CT Performance Inc.
Mike Currie
Patrick & Dora Daniel
Dart Compressor Services
Jim W. Davidson
Gynell Dawson
Rick Dawson
D&B Lumber & Supplies Ltd.
Defiant Energy Corporation
Resi Del Piccolo
Delta Kappa Epsilon Men’s Fraternity
(Delta Phi Chapter)
Derrick Exhibit & Trade Show Services
Gary & Janice Dietrich
DIRTT Environmental Solutions
Double R Building Products Ltd.
James & Marjorie Downie
Duncan & Craig
Grant Dunlop & Erika Norheim
Dynaline Industries
Emma & Gifford Edmonds
Edmonton Area Council One Society
Edmonton Kubota
Ed’s Oilfield Consulting
EECOL Electric
San Elgert
Elk Point Oilmens Association
G. & P.G. Elliott
E.N.E.B.A. Hall
Enterra Energy Corp.
Epsilon Chemicals Ltd.
Eton West Construction Inc.
Exp. Peterson Instruments
Brian & Gail Faulkner
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Earl Fawcett
Brad Fedora
Nachman Feldman
Betty Brook Ferdyn
Walter & Ellie Fett
Larry & Jan Fichtner
Dr. & Mrs. Tony Fields
Bruce Fiell
Filipino Senior Citizens Association
Fillmore Construction Management Inc.
George Fink
Finning (Canada)
Archie & Madeline Fischer
CW Fischer & J.A. Cuthbertson
Glen Fischer
Fogolar Furlan di Calgary
Tom Foss
Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.
Troy Franks
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Fraternal Order of Eagles Ladies Auxiliary
#2098
Mike French
Friends at Bally’s
Renee-Gades
Matilda Gallant
Donna Galvin
Helen Gardiner
Gelding Welding Ltd.
Gem Cabinets Ltd.
Getronics Canada Inc.
getservd.com
Ron & Myrna Ghitter
Giant Grosmont Petroleums Ltd.
B. Ross Giles
William & Pauline Girgulis
Glenluce Resources Ltd.
James Glenn
Wilfred & Margaret Gobert
Karman Gooch
Norma Gordon
Douglas & Joanne Goss
G.P. Coskey PC - Chartered Accountant
G.P. Friendship Centre Bingo
Alf & Connie Grahn
Garry & Brenda Gray
Grizzly Resources Ltd.
Gummow’s Construction Ltd.
Walter & Ann Haessel
Patricia Hagen
Hallmark Tubulars Ltd.
Doris Hamilton
Hamilton Hall Soles/Ray & Berndtson Inc.
Janice Hammond
Tom & Char Hand
Ronald & Judy Hansma
Vernon & Leona Hartwell
Hawthorn Interiors Ltd.
Joan Healey - Artist
Heart Kitchen & Bath
Jack Heartwell
Dave Hellard
Pat Hethrington
Art Hibbard
High Mountain Feed Distributors Ltd.
High Park School, Stony Plain
Thomas & Vivian Holland
John & Jane Holmlund
Cheryl & Andrew Howden
Hub International TOS Limited
John & Evelyn Hudak
Brad & Michelle Hummel
Everett Hunt & Isabel Hunt
Mary Ellen Hunt
Hurley’s Meat Distributors Ltd.
Imperial Oil Foundation
Independent Order of Foresters Branch
New Horizons #1747
Integrity Land Inc.
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Local 146
IPEX
IPSCO Inc.
Jack & Margaret Charlesworth Foundation
Jayman For Life Team
J.D.A. Ventures Ltd.
JED Oil Inc.
Gloria Jichita
Jilly’s Home & Lifestyle
Cliff & Ruth Johnson
Andrew & Suzy Judson
Richard & Sue Kanegawa
Kayden Industries Inc.
Robert & Hilda Keir
Mr. George Kesteven & Ms. Nancy Hudak
Colin Kinley
Denise & Kyle Kitagawa
Kiwanis Club of Calgary Chinook
Knights of Columbus
—St. Joseph Assembly #05
Gerald J. Knoll
Gerald S. Knoll
Jean Knopp
William & Marguerite Kohut
Komex International Ltd.
Andy Kramchynski
Krawford Construction Inc.
Anne Krigovsky
Kubota Canada Ltd.
William Lacey
Lafarge Canada Inc.
Lamb’s Trucking Ltd.
Ken & Janet Landsiedel
Michael Lang
Richard & Betty Lavers
Barbara Leah
Wendy A. Leaney
Laura Lee
Louise & Jack Lee
Forrest Lester
Raymond W. and Mary E. Lewis
Lexus of Edmonton
Miles & Karen Lich
Liquor Stores Limited Partnership
Lloyd Sadd Insurance Brokers Ltd.
Andy & Sue Lockhart
Douglas A. Lockie
Bev Longstaff & Joe Struck
Lookout Enterprises Ltd.
Tom & Dora Love
Paul Lovell
Robert Lovell
Frank & Agnes Lovsin
Kenneth E. Ludlow
Lux Windows & Glass Ltd.
Tom Lygo
Ronald & Marion MacGarva
Dennis & Lois Maciborsky
Wallace & Margery MacInnes
Mackenzie Financial Corporation
Maclab Enterprises
Cathy L. MacLeod
Gary Madsen
Trevor Maguire
David & Donna Magus
Manulife Financial
Estella Marchment
Marshall’s Furniture Galleries Ltd.
Chris Marshman
Martin Newby Consulting Ltd.
Pam, Jenn & Jeff Matsumiya
F.R. & J.W. Matthews
Mawer Investment Management
David McDermid
Dr. Brad McDonald P.C.
Terry & Sherry McDonough
Lilian McEwen
W. Clifford McGinnis
Mary McGurran
McKenzie Lake Community Association
Catherine D. McKercher
McKesson
Marilyn McLachlan
Roderick & Mona McLennan
Brenda McNabb
Heath & Donna McNeil
Robert McQuay
Debra-Lori McRae
Medicine Hat Cancer Centre—Staff
Meier Auction & Liquidation
Melcor Developments Ltd.
Jeannette Melnyk
Madeleine Mercier
Merdeka Energy Ltd.
Meyers Norris Penny LLP
Bob Michaleski
J. Garnett & Xenia Millard
Dennis G. Miller
Scott & Michelle Miller
Miller Thomson
James Mitchell
Doug & Judy Mohs
Molson Canada Alberta Region
Peter Monk
Ron Morissette
Dr. Shane Mortimer
Mountain Aire Realty Ltd.
Mud Master Drilling Fluid Services Ltd.
Susan Munn
Barry Munro
Neil & Susan Murphy
Myrnam Crooked Shooters Hockey Club
Nagel Tours Ltd.
NAM Management Group
National Bank
Lidija Nesgaard
Jim Noble
Nor-Alta Energy Corporation
North Peace Investments Ltd.
NR-Tec Ltd.
Optima Manufacturing Inc.
John Osler
George Oswald
Barbara Palmer
Constantin Papadimitropoulos
Ann Pardon
Park Paving Ltd.
Parkway Bingo Hall
Pat’s Off-Road Transport Ltd.
Corinne I. Paul
Peak Energy Services Trust
Penfabco Ltd.
Katie Penner
Robert G. Peters
Petro Canada - Edmonton Refinery
Cameron Plewes
Ted Poppitt
Positive Pressure Testing 2003 Inc.
Precision Hyundai
William & May Ellen Pringle
Procter & Gamble Inc.
Brian Prokop & Kathryn Nunn
Proline Pipe Equipment Inc.
Prudential Steel Ltd.
Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation
Gillian & Ernie Pye
Qualico Developments West Ltd.
S. Pickard & C. Quilliam
Radiology Consultants Associated
Raylin Manufacturers & Distributors Ltd.
Raywalt Construction
RCG Group—Vancouver
R & D Trailer Rentals Ltd.
Kenneth & Barbara Reed
Frank J. Reilly
Lee Richardson
Rigstar Communications
Ritchie Family
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
Rivard Design Inc.
Robert Tegler Trust
Dave and Drue Robinson
Nan Robinson
Sandy J. Robinson
Robnic Holdings Ltd.
Maxine Rodgers & Howard Knapp
Dr. Adrien Rouget
Order of the Royal Purple Barrhead No. 132
Gilles & Shawna Royer
V. V. (Val) Rundans, P. Eng.
Irene Rutherford
Salvi Homes
Samson Canada Ltd.
Scepter
Schell Equipment Ltd.
Elaine Schiewe
Janice Schultz
Jan Seaman
Sentinel Self Storage
Shamrock Valley Enterprises Ltd.
Shane Homes Ltd.
Derek Sharp
Elizabeth Shaw
JR Shaw
Sheila Sidey
Sinai Engineering Corporation
Sinclair Dental
Gary & Georgi-Anna Sizeland
Steven & Cindy Slupsky
Derek Small and Barb Gosling
Gordon & Fay Smith
Jim & Cynthia Smith
Soby Girls
Margaret Southern
Spiker Equipment
Ron Stader
St. Ambrose Elementary & Junior High School
M.A. Stanfield
Stantec
Stantec Consulting Group Ltd.
Patricia Stewart
Dave & Jennifer Stoby
Stonefield Development Consultants
St. Paul Westend Bingo
Lloyd & Geri Strain
Strategic Construction Solutions Inc.
Jack Steen
Stuart Olson Construction Ltd.
Superior Propane Inc.
Sureway Construction Management Ltd.
Sarah Sussman
Betty Switzer
Taiga Forest Products
T.A.K. Oilfield Sales & Service Ltd.
Byron & Angela Tam
Florence Tam
Dylan & Elaine Taylor
TD Commercial Banking
Techna-West Engineering
Bruce & Sharon Telford
The Brick Warehouse Corporation
The Design Group Staffing Services Inc.
Gary & Marg Thompson
TIC Canada
Tolko Industries Ltd.
Wayne & Marion Toole
Tooth Replacement Dental Specialty Centre
Torske Klubben of Edmonton
Bill Towsley
TransAlta Corporation
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Thank You
Transat A.T. Inc.
Travelodge Canada
Brian & Diane Travers
Edward & Joyce Trewin
Trico Homes Inc.
Triwell Oilfield Construction
Bill & Marie Trofimuk
Marguerite J. Trussler
TTG Systems Incorporated
Tulissi Construction Ltd.
UBS Commodities Canada Ltd.
UFCW Social Fund—Local 1118
United Way of Lethbridge
and South Western Alberta
Linda VanDijk
Lynda Vankoughnett
Vast Resources Ltd.
VECO Canada Ltd.
Vector Electric and Controls
Vernon Barford Junior High School
Veteran Resources Inc.
Paul Viney
Vinterra Properties Ltd.
Vision Theatre Players Guild
Gilbert Vooys
Gordon Vooys
Glenda Waddingham
Mark & Bernice Walker
Walkers Grocery Ltd.
Robert & Jean Wall
Walton International Group
Linda P. Ward
Dan & Molly Wares
Karen L. Warren-MacNeill
Donald H. Watkins, Q.C.
Andrew & Crystal Watson
Lynn Webster
Conrad & Esther Wedin
Jenny Weingardt
Gordon Weisenburger
Western Securities Limited
Western Sterling Trucks Ltd.
Wetaskiwin Bingo Station
Harry & Bette Wheeler
Duane E. Wikant
William de Haas Prof. Corp.
Robert A. Wilson
Robert & Joanne Wilson
The Ron Winkelaar Family
WMJ Metals Ltd.
Wolseley Canada Inc.
Gerry & Elaine Wood
Dan & Carolyn Woodruff
The Wordie Family
Worldlink Transportation Ltd.
X-Act Technologies Ltd.
James Yi
York Realty Inc.
Graeme Young
Polly Yu
Kim & Gloria Yurchak
Leib & Bettina Zeisler
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Friends (500 – $999)
Fred & Carol Abbott
Access Plumbing & Heating Ltd.
ACT/UCT Calgary North Club
Acumen Capital Finance Partners Limited
David G. Adam
Blair Albers
Gerald Alexander
Allwest Commercial Furnishings
Stefan & Irene Anderhub
Albina Anderson
Pike & Barbara Anderson
Ron & Marion Anderson
Anonymous (21)
Anran Enterprises Ltd.
ATCO Gas Community Service Fund (ECSF)
Aurora Night Club
Azim A. Bharmal Professional Corporation
Betty Jean Baldwin
Lionel Bandcroft
Bankers & Traders Insurance Brokers Inc.
Bennett Jones Verchere
Patricia Ann Bernard
David W. Betts
Big Top Tent Rentals
Gwen Blackstock
Gerda R. Bloemraad
Jan & Lorna Bloemraad
Bowness High School
Ronald B. Boychuk
Richard & Deborah Boyd
Douglas, Shannon, Hunter, Theron Boyer
Brandt Tractor
Vivian Brenneis
Bruce Deacon & Helen Brisbin
Mike & Jacquie Broadfoot
Brosseau & Associates
Gary Browne
Marian V. Busch
Calgary Celtic Supporters Club
Greg & Carol Cameron
Gordon & Elizabeth Carswell
Cavalier Land Ltd.
Peter & Florence Cheung
Christensen & McLean Roofing Co.
Circle K International Volunteer Club - U of A
Brian & Joanne Clark & Family
Katherine Clement
Neil Cockburn
Gordon & Maxine Cole
ConocoPhillips Canada Ltd.
Control Flow Hydraulics Ltd.
James (Bert) Cooper
Laurie Coopersmith
Cormode & Dickson Construction (1983) Ltd.
William & Mary Corns
Jeff & Andrea Coswan
Patricia Craig
Marion Crawford
Enid Crockett
Crystal Glass
Custom Vacuum Services Ltd.
Patricia D’Arcy
James Davidson
Donald & Linda Davies
DeFord Contracting Inc.
Johannes & Agatha de Goeij
Janet R. Denhamer
Terry & Norma Dewhurst
Allen Diede
Bob Dinning
Glen & Deborah Disley
Duke Energy Field Services Canada
Ritchie & Kathleen Dye
Kenneth & Audrey Edwards
Eeson & Woolstencroft LLP
Harold S. Eikeland
Elite Taekwondo
P. Davis & Deborah Elliott
Catherine Ellis
Enersul Inc.
EPCOR
Ernest Troescher Inspections
Ernst & Young
Patricia Farley
Father Kenneth Kearns School
F & D Scene Changes Ltd.
John & Peggy Fedchuk
Fero Corporation
Michael & Peggy Field
Dennis & Donna Flanagan
Shawn & Bonnie Gallagher
Lloyd William Gardiner
Charles & Deborah Gargus
John Gillard
G.L.M. Tanks & Equipment Ltd.
Colin Glassco
Tanis Goski
Lillian Goudie
Clements Grandel
Austin G. & Evelyn A. Hadland
Keith & Betty Hansen
Thomas & Gertrude Hawkwood
W. E. Ted Heaver
Maurice & Shirley Henrickson
Mary M. Hetherington
Ruth Hicks
Philip & Maria Hodge
Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Holmes
Blaine Hook
Milton & Barbara Horricks
Joan T. Horte
Adolph Huebner
Joni Hughes
Janet L. Hutchison
Joyce & Curtis Hvingelby
John & Miranda Iftody
Jackson Farms
Jajan Holdings Ltd.
James Sinclair Management Ltd.
Jarman Mazda
Lloyd & Alice Johnston
Faye Julien
Lyle Kabanuk
Kehoe Equipment
Janice & David Kent
Nick & Mary Klementovich
John & Audrey Kolesar
Roy Kubica
Josephine Nikiforuk LeBlanc
Bill Levis
L L & S Holdings Ltd. (John Niedermaier)
Dr. Donald Lloyd
Edward Luca
Gerald & Peggy Lucas
Malcolm & Patricia Lund
Beth & Tom MacInnis
Bert Madill
Fraser Malcolm
Philip McAvoy
McCaw Truck & Equipment Ltd.
Donald W. and Myrna McDonald
Stanley C. McDonald & Betty Hurley McDonald
Jill & Graham McLennan
Gerard Meagher
Harry & Martha Miller
John & Maggie Mitchell
Miriam Mitchell-Banks
Walter Montgomery
Donald J. Morrison
Moxie’s Classic Grill
Norberg & Margaret Mrazek
Mullen Transportation Inc.
NAL Resources Management Limited
Ronald Neuman & Karen Kvill
J.E. Ted Newall
Carla Nicola
Northlands Park
Oakcreek Golf & Turf Inc.
Clifton D. O’Brien
John O’Callaghan
O’Connor Associates Environmental Inc.
Allan & Frances Olson
Esther Ondrack
Franz Oppenheim
Order of Royal Purple Lodge 32
Leo Ornest
Parkallen Knitters
Douglas Pengelly
Perry Oilfield Services Ltd.
Alver & Arlene Person
Jim Pescott
Petrin Mechanical Ltd.
James Pheasey
Laura Poirier
Alan & Marian Price
William & Maggie Pringle
Professional Medical Associates
Dorothy Rausch
RBC Financial Group—Employee Volunteers
Grants Program
John & Claire Read
Norma J. Reichert
Margaret Richards
Ken & Carol Rispler
Willard & Bibianne Robitaille
Arthur W. Rowntree
Robert & Jennie Sayer
Schering Canada Inc.
May Schulte
Herman & Alice Schwieger
Susan Scott
Byron J. Seaman
Donald & Eleanor Seaman
Nicholas Sellmer
Toshimi & William Sembo
Russell & Mildred Shepherd
Shiny Solutions
Shores, Belzil Jardine, Barristers & Solicitors
Jim Sinclair
Ruth & Don Smillie
Frank J. Smith
J.C. Smith
Neil & Karen Smith
Sam Smith
M.H. Snyders Blok
South Edmonton Lions Club
South Rock Ltd.
Standard General Inc.
Drs. Adalei & Elout Starreveld
Mori & Sheilah Stelmaschuk
Brenda & Derril Stephenson
Ken Stephenson
Caron and Michael Stewart
Douglas Stollery
Strathearn Heights Ltd.
Craig & Deborah Styles
Suncor Energy Foundation
Supreme Steel Ltd.
John & Jessie Sveinson
Bud & Melita Swartz
Talisman Energy Inc.
Lynda & Barry Temple
The Horses Offtrack
Mike & Julia Tkachuk
Ethel Tucker
Jim Turner
UBS Securities Canada Inc.
United Way of Fort McMurray
Workplace Campaigns
Wilhelm Unrau
Ron & Joan Valens
Dr. Peter M. & Mrs. Mary Venner
Vermilion Energy Trust
Jean Waters
Marilyn & Gord Weber
Charles & Audrey Whitesell
Wigham Resources
Oliver & Gwendoline Wilson
Winstar Resources Ltd.
Women of the Moose Wetaskiwin Chapter 559
Louise I. Worden
Wrent-a-Wreck
H.N. (Bud) & Mary Yates
Elizabeth & Bill Yuill
Bequests
We acknowledge the following visionary
donors who chose to include the Alberta
Cancer Foundation in their estate plans. Their
thoughtfulness provides a legacy of hope.
Saran Ahluwalia
Harriet V. Butcher
Carol Cross
Zane Feldman
Sam Goldsmith
Barbara Graham
Catharine C. Jamieson
Theresa Jarman
Clarice Mary Jones
Sharon Lang
George Malashuk
Christine Marshall Martin
Margaret Elizabeth Morant
Violet Lillian Northey
Robert William Otto
Ingeborg Anna Martha Paget
Stanley Robins
William John Saunders
Jack Sherratt
Louise Silkstone
Fred Skidniuk
Albert Stickel
Eleanor Willerton
In Tribute
We are honoured to acknowledge the following
individuals remembered through gifts totalling
$500 or more between April 1, 2005, and
March 31, 2006.
In Memory
Brian Aherne
Glenn Alexander
Mary Ambrose
Don Andrews
Phyllis Andrietz (nee Frankiw)
Anonymous(2)
Roberta M. Archer
Hendrik (Hank) Arnoldussen
Willem & Catharina Baas
Deanna Darlene Bagstad
Dr. Gordon Bain
Joyce Balanecki
Garth Barrick
Shary Barschel
Rick Basaraba
Herman Bauwens
Pauline Dianne Beauchamp
John Macdonald Beddome
Louise Belik
Vel Ben Lamin
Bonnie Bennett
Evelyn “Scotty” Bentley
John Bertleff
Mary Ellen Beugin
Robert Blackstock
Jan Bloemraad Sr.
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Direct Donations:
Phone: 1-866-412-4222 Online: www.cancerboard.ab.ca/foundation
Mail: Alberta Cancer Foundation, 1220, 10405 Jasper Ave, Edmonton, AB T5J 3N4. Charitable Donation Number: 11878 0477 RR0001
Randall Bochanesky
Shirley Jean Bodner
Mary Lynn Bogart
Michael Bone
Evelyn Born
Myrna Boscher
Fern Lorell June Bouwmeester
Betty Ruth Brackenbury
David Bradshaw
John A. Bray (Jack)
Elizabeth Breeze
Doris Brennan
Vivian Brenneis
Lorraine Brockelsby
Joyce Brunt
Dianne E. Busko
Anthony Cairo
Gerald Cameron
John Cameron
Patricia Cameron
Joseph Camp
Archie Campbell
Dion Carrier
C.W. Carry
Beatrice Chalifoux
Ken Charbonneau
Thomas (Tim) Cholowski
Jerry Clarke
Thomas (Tom) Clement Sr.
Kevin Cook
Geraldine Corcoran
Jean Coroy
David Alan Cotterell
Patricia Coutney
Christine Cox
Irene Criss
Enid Crockett
Mirella Crudo
Duane Dallyn
Herb Davenport
Dorothy Margaret Davison
H.J. (Jock) Dawe Family
Henry De Haan
Robert Deatherage
Gertrude Deering
Resi Del Piccolo
Douglas Delahunt
Patty Delhez
Diane Demers
Marcella Diana Den Hartog
Leta Mae DePratu
Antoine Descehnes
Paolo Di Cesare
Alan William Dicken
Robert Gordon Dittmer
James Maxwell Mallett Dobson
Albert Dominiuk
Alistair Donald
Roland Dore’
Jean Dumont
Donald & Sally Dunlop
Helen S. Dyck
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Mervyn Eastman
Emma Edmonds
Audrey Edwards
Nedima Ellis
Freda Emmelkamp
Jack Evans
Jean Evers
Arthur Fedyna
Verna Fellows
George Fen
Anna Teresa Finot
Grant Leslie Fisher
Tracey Renee Flagg
Elizabeth A. Flagler
Wayne Thomas Foch
M.”Deane” Fossen
Suszanne Foy
Nadie Frankiw
Paul Gagnon
Larry Gardeski
Lloyd William Gardiner
Susan Anne Gardner
Jared Anthony
Joyce Gaulin
Adelbert Otto Gerlach
Denise Gibson
Dennis Giebelhaus
Bernie Giesbrecht
Elise Gill
Harry Girgulis
Jeff Goin
Damon Jay Goski
Patricia Anne Grace
Jennifer “Jen” Gregory
Artur Gruger
Lucille Guenette
Charles Hackenschmidt
Eric Hagerman
Gloria Haight
Mark Halwa
Gary J. Hanson
Donna Ruth Harper
Adam Hartfelder
Lorraine Hastings
Yoshiki Hata
Milred M. Hawkins
Patricia Healy
Peter Michael Hedley
Pete Heide
Loyola Helmig
Allin Henderson
Don Hill
Cindy Ho
George Gerald Hoffos
Patricia Hogaboam
Jim Holden
The honourable Lois E. Hole
Ralph K. Hole, Jr.
Ho Hong
Anne E.M. Hope
Darren R. Howard
Heather Huet
Ryan Huskins
Dr. Michael J. Hutchison
Genah Hys
Ronald (Ron) Neil Jackson
A. Clare Johnson
Mary I. Johnston
Paul Francis Johnston
Glyn Jones
Winstan Morris Jones
George Arthur Jordan
Trevor Julien
Lyle Kabanuk
Maleksultan Sarudin Habib Karim
Edna A. Kary
Elizabeth (Betty) Kenny
Barbara Keown
Nadine Kibblewhite
Laurie Kitchen
Eula Klask
Alice Klippenstein
Donna Knockleby
Bert Knopp
Verna Madge Kobewka
Elizabeth Kobie
Mable Kordyban
Millie Kossowan
Sheila Joan Kowalchuk
Gordon Kozens
Loretta Koziak
Mary Veronica Krigovsky
Mary Elizabeth Krigovsky
Walter Kunicki
John Kutney
Josephine (Josie Gartke) Labatiuk
Donald Clarence LaBerge
Lillian Lamash
Brian Layton
Robert John Layton
Claudette Leboldus
Jean Louis Lee
Mary Tsui
David Tinsang Lee Ying
Kathleen Lemay
Al (Chub) Linklater
Douglas A. Lockie
Alison Look
Stephen Wayne Louie
Siu Lung Lui
Barbara Lukey
Andy Luthin
T. Peter Luzi
David Lygo
Alexander (Sandy) MacDonald
Helen MacLean
Judith-Anne Marie MacMillan
Richard (Jeff) MacMillan
George MacPhee
Fraser Malcolm
Dr. Yale Malkin
Julienne Marchak
Antonio Marghella
Karen Elaine Marshall
Remembering a loved one, friend or colleague with a gift to the Alberta Cancer Foundation is a lasting and
meaningful memorial tribute. It is also a unique way to express your regard on a special occasion. Please
contact the Alberta Cancer Foundation for more information, or to notify us of any errors or omissions.
Herbert (Scotty) Martin
Poul Mathiesen
Darryl Matsumiya
Edna McCallum
Dr. William Duncan McCubbin
Joanne McEwen
Garry McIlvride
Evelyn Rose McKellar
Margaret Jean McLachlan
Marilyn Jean McMurray
Floyd Mehalcheon
Garry Mellum
Daniel Mercier
Wesley C. Meyn
Margaret M. Micallef
David Staveley Middleton
June Middleton
Brian David Millar
May Millar
Michael Millenaar
Don Miller
Ross Mitchell
Gary Mittelstadt
Pam Monastyrskyj
Douglas Morgan
Janet Lorraine Morrison
Lynne Carol Moss
Isamu (Sam) Mukai
Alex J. Munro
James Edward Murphy
Lorraine Neill-Wacowich
Leona M. Nelson
Melvin Neville
Bev Nichols
Kathleen (Kay) Nicholson
Fausto Cesare Nicola
Joanne O’Brien
Regina O’Grady
Janet Orkusz
Martha Ornest
Joan Elizabeth Osler
Helen Papley
Dr. Alan Paterson
Jeanette Paul
Andy Pennock
Marion Irene Perkins-Rogalsky
Wanda Peterson
George Pich
Greg Pike
Mar Pitstra
William Polglase
Maurice Pombert
Leslie Popowich
Iris W. Porter
Virginia Alice Porter
Dianne M. Precht
Ed Prodor
Ernie Pye
Nancy Quaale
Paul Radomski
Annabelle Rector
John Redmond
Judy Remeika
Cameron Richardson
Neil R. Riddell
Carol Rispler
Ethel & David Rodgers
Willma Lawson Rodgers
Vasile (Valerica) Roman
Stewart Rothwell
Juliet Rush
Clive Rutland
Marley Rynd
Susan Saik
Terry Saik
Rizieri Sarno
Randall G. Scheirer
Victor Schiewe
David Schmelke
William John Schmirler
Klaus Dieter Schulte
Reid Glen Schwabe
Andre Schwabenbauer
Marie Valerie Schwartz
Maurice (Moe) Schwartz
Darlene Patricia Scott
Donald C. Scott
Evelyn Virginia (Ev) Seaman
Melvin Semeniuk
Dennis Sernes
Teresa Sgarbossa
Hugh Shawcross
Audrey Doreen Sherley
Vince Shier
George Shyry
David Simpson
Luciana Sivertson
Marguerite Smallwood
Clark H. Smith
Fay Smith
Glenda Louise Smith
Gordon Smith
Dennis Soprovich
Clifford James Sorenson
Antonio Spadafora
William Springstein
Nicholas (Nick) A. Stark
Vivian Stark
Patricia Steblyk
Gregg Steenbergen
Betty Stevens
Max Stiles
Raymond Stone
Anna Marie Strack
Eugene Sullivan
Johann Hill Moreton Svrcek
Heather Sweeney
Brian Sydor
Bob Tarr
Laura June Taylor
Andrea Nadene Thiessen-Schoff
William (Bill) Thoman
Val Thomas
Gary Thompson
Patricia Timmer
James “Gordon” Traub
Dr. Harvey Treleaven
Marie Triggs
Marie Trofimuk
Hailey Upshall
Helen Ursel
Ellen Louise Van Beek
Art Vandale
Norman Vandenhouten
June Venner
James Vermette
Les Vogt
Doug Volk
Remigio Volpi
Dennis Wagner
Bryan Jack Walbauer
Sue Walters
Gerald Ward
Terri Leanne Ward
Dr. John Waters
Frieda Gladys Webb
Wilhelmina Webb
Don Wedderburn
Gen Weinmayr
Reta Weir
Joan Westermark
Hertha Wetter
Justafellow—Michael Wheaton
Carol Wheeler
Robert Whiteside
David Warren Whiting
Lois Wilkins
Bernhard (Bernie) Winter
Larry Yackimec
Peter & Barbara Yarema
Mee Ching Yee
Robert (Bob) Yost
Jim Youell
Ed Zdanowicz
Lynne Zenko
In Honour
Anonymous (2)
Mary Grace Block
Matthew Cook & friends
Kali Cousins
“Bunny” Creasey
Johannes & Agatha de Goeij
Keith & Lenora Deering
Shirley Grosland
Dianne Hughes
John Kosnik
Wendy Martin
Michael Millenaar
Larry Ostermayer
Daryl Ranger
Dave & Jennifer Stoby
Ellen Louise Van Beek
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Special Events
Each year, hundreds of special volunteers and participants generously give their time and talents to raise funds on behalf of
the Cross Cancer Institute, the Tom Baker Cancer Centre and 15 other cancer centres throughout the province. In 2005/2006,
more than 300 community events and friendraisers were held and supported by thousands of Albertans. Collectively, more than
$4 million was raised to benefit cancer research, prevention and care in our world-class cancer centres. Our sincere thanks and
congratulations to the organizers and participants of the following special events.
17th Annual Cross Cancer Institute Golf Classic
14th Annual Tom Baker Cancer Centre Golf Classic
Stem Cell Awareness Charity Golf Tournament
10th Annual Row for Life
Providing a Voice
Celebrating Betty’s Life
7th Annual Playing for Life 5th Annual Laughing for Cancer
8th Annual Short Cut to the Cure
Edmonton Northlands Horse Show—Bringing Home the Dream
Fountain for Youth at WEM
13th Annual Boston Pizza Charity Golf Classic
PricewaterhouseCoopers Cancer Fundraiser
—In honour of Daryl Ranger
1st Annual Digital Communications / IGL Canada /
Mancap Group / MLC Group Charity Golf Classic
1st Annual Look Homes Building Cures for Kids Campaign
Bald Legals Cancer Fundraiser
3rd Annual Bryan Mudryk & Friends Charity Golf Classic
Bre Barrett / United Controls “United Guys Head Shave”
1st Annual Pigeon Lake Pedal—Push the Cure for Cancer
Head Shave—In honour of the Kali Cousins
6th Annual Floyd Mehalcheon Memorial Trail Ride
3rd Annual SnowBall
Debra Cantalini-Gallant Breast Cancer Golf Classic
Title Sponsor Royal LePage Community Realty
Homerun for Life
2nd Annual U of A Engineering Head Shave
Rendezvous Salon & Spa—A Rendezvous for Cancer
Scona for Cancer Goin Strong—A Celebration for Jeff Goin
1st Annual RBC Phyllis Andrietz Memorial Golf Tournament U of A Law School Cuts for a Cure
2nd Annual Linaria & District Kids with Cancer Fun Golf
10th Annual Darren Howard Memorial Slo-Pitch Tournament
11th Annual Alberta Mobility Golf Tournament
Thunder Energy Thunder Thys Fundraiser
14th Annual Fort Saskatchewan Motorcycle Association
Cancer Ride & Rally
Harry Ainlay Cuts for Cancer
Butch Fischer Golf Tournament
Donna Brenneis’s Cancer Fundraiser
8th Annual Uniglobe Geo Sue Foy Memorial Golf Classic
2nd Annual Kissi Ki Yaad Mein Fundraiser
Spruce Grove Legion #281 Head Shave
City of Calgary Law Department Cancer Challenge
6th Annual Blair Oko Charity Golf Classic CyclePath Head Shave
Providing a Voice Cancer Month Kickoff Head Shave
Mary Block’s Selfless Gift Head Shave—In honour of Phil Christie
Ladies Bread & Putter Golf Tournament &
Head Shave at Pots Bar & Grill
4th Annual Muskeg River 500 km Bicycle Ride
CBC Downtown Sundown Run & Walk
5th Annual Lumberjack’s Auction & Fundraiser
Something’s Cooking … In Southern Italy
Alberta Sports Vision Institute Hockey Tournament
Lister Hall Students’ Association Locks for Love
Vegreville EMS Short Cut to the Cure
Cowboy Ride for Cancer
4th Annual Booster Juice Main Squeeze Family Run & Walk
6th Annual Dennis Soprovich Memorial Volleyball Tournament
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$606,200
$364,000
$325,605
$146,000
$126,439
$121,558
$114,100
$100,251
$84,396
$78,940
$76,000
$54,000
$51,021
$50,940
$50,855
$45,269
$42,500
$32,578
$32,178
$29,710
$29,180
$27,055
$27,000
$26,500
$26,338
$26,057
$25,452
$25,000
$23,140
$22,522
$22,000
$20,988
$20,498
$20,326
$20,000
$19,600
$19,082
$19,058
$17,000
$16,544
$16,505
$16,048
$16,000
$15,231
$14,430
$14,050
$13,921
$13,470
$13,432
$13,373
$11,650
$11,300
$11,250
$10,973
$10,833
$10,516
$10,500
2nd Annual Dennis Sernes Memorial Slo-Pitch Tournament
Millet Days Short Cut to the Cure
Sheena Gascon Head Shave
Parkland EMS Short Cut to the Cure
Annual Alberta Sports Vision Institute Golf Tournament
Spencer Giese & Friends Shave-a-thon
Mulligans for Life Golf Tournament
3rd Annual Butterfly Boutique Golf Tournament
Camp He Ho Ha Staff Head Shave
Queen Elizabeth Junior High School Cuts for Cancer—Part 2
3rd Annual Short Cut Through the Park
Annual Ralph Hole Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament
15th Annual Wesclean Golf Tournament
5th Annual Jackie Davey Memorial Golf Tournament—EWI
Liliana’s Boutique Celebration of Life Fundraising
Simone Curry Head Shave
Kotowich Home Hardware Building Centre Golf Tournament
Yard Clean Up and “Crew” Cut—Steeplejack Industrial Group
Northern Riders Iron Butt Run
Franco’s Family Dining Charity Golf Tournament
9th Annual Prime West Employee Golf Tournament
—In memory of Mr. Clare Johnson
Soroptomists Fundraising for Arts in Medicine
Dennis & Cathy Quinn Head Shave
3rd Annual JH Picard High School Cuts for Cancer
The Cookbook Co. Cooks Fundraising Dinner
Gilles R. Tetreault & Neil Smith Head Shave
Sprott Securities 6th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
—In memory of Andy Luthin
3rd Annual Country Sampler—Bosom Buddies Fundraiser
U of A Golden Bear Open Head Shave
2nd Annual Salisbury Greenhouse Ladies Night Out
Tapestry Retreat Foundation Head Shave
allRewards.com
3rd Annual Optimists Cures for Kids Radiothon
Gaudet’s Fresh & Frozen Seafood Raffle
Courtenay Kids Clip for Cancer
Wesclean Equipment Golf Tournament
2nd Annual Wetaskiwin Wal-Mart Short Cut to the Cure
WestJet Retro Night Fundraiser and Head Shave
St. Hilda’s Catholic Jr. High School Cut for Cancer
Ascension: 3 Peaks Scramble
Janice Lumley Head Shave
Lily Goodbrand’s Cut for Cancer
Myrna Hood’s Dread then Shed Cash for Cancer Campaign
Mark & David Cameron’s Cut for Cancer
Tammy Bell Head Shave
7th Annual Elite Taekwondo Break-a-thon
Jim Noble’s 2nd Annual Dining for Dollars & Rhapsody in Blue Jeans
Calgary Co-op Bags to Riches
Inside Education 20th Anniversary Silent Auction
Queen Elizabeth Jr. Sr. High School
NAIT Providing a Voice Head Shave
Suede Lounge Cancer Care/Treatment Fundraiser
1st Annual Baker Boys Street Hockey Tournament—Scoring for Cancer
4th Annual Mulhurst Bay Walk
Conchita Reyes We Are That Someone CD Sales
14th Annual Riverton Trail Ride
3rd Annual Rosie’s Deer Meadows Golf Tournament
4th Annual TBCC Basement Staff Arts & Crafts Show & Sale
3rd Annual 4 Wing Cold Lake Garage Sale
Cam Borgland & Mike Hoare Head Shave
$10,500
$10,302
$10,273
$10,124
$9,935
$8,297
$8,000
$7,930
$7,401
$7,314
$7,261
$7,000
$7,000
$7,000
$6,796
$6,465
$6,400
$6,390
$6,068
$5,700
$5,610
$5,500
$5,483
$5,415
$5,380
$5,364
$5,285
$5,260
$5,250
$5,100
$5,066
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$4,852
$4,800
$4,600
$4,500
$4,487
$4,450
$4,414
$4,331
$4,258
$4,147
$4,082
$4,081
$4,042
$3,925
$3,800
$3,798
$3,750
$3,670
$3,590
$3,530
$3,500
$3,500
$3,500
$3,424
$3,375
$3,325
4th Annual Cougar Tool Golf Tournament
1st Annual SNC Lavalin Golf Tournament
Allison Carr’s Cut for Cancer
Sacred Heart School Short Cut to the Cure Run Parkallen School Laps for Loonies
Dance Because You Care
3rd Annual Gregg Steenbergen Memorial Golf Tournament
Northland Village Wal-Mart Fundraiser—In memory
of Margaret Farrish and in honour of Jim Robinson
Black Swan Christmas Cancer Drive
Centcom Construction Golf Classic
Lisa Ross-Rodriguez’ Short Cut for Cancer
Calgary Sewfest
Blessed Sacrament School Head Shave
McCarthy Tetrault Jeans Days
The Langley Keg Greg Pike Memorial
Thomas Hess Dahlia Sale
Christ the King School Cuts for Cancer
Debbie Benoit and Canadian Blood Services Head Shave Mark Schwabenbauer Head Shave
Graeme Bouwmeester Head Shave
2nd Annual Robert Deatherage Memorial Hockey Tournament
8th Annual Sawmill Ladies Golf Tournament
2005 Calgary Playboy Scramble
2nd Annual Delta Kappa Epsilon Invitational Charity Golf Tournament
IPS Stampede BBQ Fundraiser
8th Annual Eula Klask Memorial Golf Tournament
3rd Annual Centennial Banquet & Catering Mother’s Day Brunch
1st Annual Daffodil Dinner & Dance
Laurie Moore Head Shave
Margaret Creasey 80th Surprise Birthday Celebration
Corrine Slator Head Shave
Drew’s Walk
Catherine Coakes & Friends Head Shave
Evelyn Kaplan Head Shave
Ryan Nall’s 16th Birthday Fundraiser with St. Pius X Church
7th Annual Healy Ford / Alberta Mustang
Owners’ Association All Ford Classic Show
United Cycle Annual Bike Expo
Mohawk for Munchies
Alyssa Kelly’s Carnival for Cancer
Nikki’s Cuts for Cancer—In honour of Gale Small
2nd Annual Aubro Services Golf Tournament
Phyllis Baerg Head Shave—P&B Office Supplies
Larissa Vos “Bye Bye Hair, Bye Bye Cancer”
2nd John & Kathy Budd Golf Tournament
Shave or Save Tanner Mack’s Hair
Hanna Farmers Bonspiel Cristo’s CD Sales
3rd Annual Edmonton Police Service Traffic Section Pin Sale
Christmas Cancer Swan Dive Fundraiser
Botticelli Restaurant Pasta Fundraiser
Iris Gosselin Head Shave
Myrnam Crooked Shooters Hockey Club Annual
Mixed Slo-Pitch Tournament
Rosanna Helm Golf Tournament
Brian Ukrainec Skullet and Head Shave
6th Annual Boomerang Bash
DonateACarCanada.com
784 Wing Head Shave
Inland Audio Visual Golf Tournament
Kaella Young Head Shave Steve Stamhuis Head Shave
Jilly’s Home & Lifestyle Girls Night Out
1st Annual Playboy Scramble
Great Human Race
Dave Wright & Jason McKerracher Head Shave
Picture This! Framing & Gallery ‘Masterpieces in Minature’ Show
Chris Bauwens Head Shave
Play Back Pub Fundraiser
Megan Reville Head Shave
Dave Lester Memorial Golf Tournament
ECCO Shoes Cuts for Cancer
Chachkas Breast Cancer Fundraiser
Medicine Hat Cancer Centre Cookbook Sale
Leduc Protective Services Short Cut to the Cure
Dan Okrusko Head Shave—In honour of Pam Herstad & John Kosnik
NBCC 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
Mark Broadfoot & Friends Head Shave
$3,220
$3,180
$3,135
$3,089
$3,047
$3,011
$3,000
$3,000
$2,980
$2,975
$2,970
$2,915
$2,906
$2,821
$2,816
$2,790
$2,680
$2,660
$2,660
$2,585
$2,500
$2,500
$2,500
$2,350
$2,345
$2,322
$2,320
$2,312
$2,285
$2,275
$2,180
$2,150
$2,082
$2,055
$2,053
$2,019
$1,951
$1,896
$1,896
$1,886
$1,820
$1,807
$1,805
$1,803
$1,800
$1,800
$1,773
$1,760
$1,755
$1,740
$1,735
$1,733
$1,730
$1,700
$1,600
$1,591
$1,582
$1,560
$1,528
$1,523
$1,522
$1,510
$1,496
$1,470
$1,400
$1,400
$1,400
$1,400
$1,400
$1,370
$1,357
$1,340
$1,317
$1,290
$1,275
$1,270
Alouette of Edmonton South Customer Appreciation
Brandon Groff & Marc Sywenky Head Shave
Sir George Simpson Jr. High School Staff Fundraiser
Devon United Church—The Extreme Team Famine
Vernon Barford Christmas Bazaar—In memory of Glenda Smith
Matthew Burgoyne Run for Cancer
Kerry Noel Head Shave
Scott Morrison’s Cut for Cancer
Anthony Schulmeister Head Shave
Calgary Produce Marketing Association
Adam Burns Head Shave—In memory of Pauline Berube
2nd Annual Arth’s Fashion Centre Raffle
Diamond International Trucks Golf Tournament
Boschman Girls Head Shave—In honour of Helen Baerg
Paul McIntosh Head Shave
Wade Screpnek Head Shave
Jason Gregor & The Team 1260 NHL Hockey Draft
Matt Cook Hockey Fundraiser
Petro-Canada Wildcat Hills Gas Plant—In honour of Diane Hughes
Grande Prairie Keg Restaurant Golf Tournament
—In memory of Wanda Petersen
An Evening with the Legends
St. Ambrose Petal Pushers Pen Sales
Carole Ann Erickson Christmas Gathering
1st Annual U of A Accounting Club Golf Tournament
Trojan Industries Inc. Golf Tournament
Ruby Plamondon’s Walk-a-thon and Chili Supper
Kathleen Dye Sunflower Bears
Vernon Barford School Fundraising—Active Month
Theresa Thomas Head Shave
Anthony Purgas & Bryan Jonzon Wedding
ING Edmonton Marathon
Bowness High School Graduation Class
Jasmine Rothweiler Cut for Cancer at Camilia School
Clayton Noble Head Shave
Head Shaving Bee for Breast Cancer Research
Charity Concert at the Last Chance Saloon
Talieya Lewis’s Cut for Cancer
Brenda Engel Haircut Event
REIN Golf Tournament—In honour of Michael Millenaar
Amelie Poitras Head Shave
Jake Daniels Making the Cut 2005
Lillian Upright Garage Sale
Semchuk Family Reunion
S&P Backhoe Services Car Wash
Cancer Benefit Show—Bassics Production
Conrad Handle Bar Sales—1664 BMX
Steven Hamagami Head Shave
3rd Annual Circle K Volunteer Club—U of A—Topless Car Wash
KDM Management Golf Tournament
Brentwood Elementary School “Canada Day” Fundraiser
Gord Kozens Memorial BBQ—MES Bus Maintenance
Lloyd Sadd Insurance Monthly Charity Campaign
2nd Annual Joyce Balanecki Memorial Golf Tournament
Milo & District Agricultural Society/Snake Valley Hoedown
Sifton Elementary School Spelling Bee
Allen Bradley 60th Birthday
Lindsay Soltice Head Shave
Cook Heifer Raffle
Anita Aurora Wedding
Summer Gonzalez’ First Hair Cut
5th Annual Gerber-Getchell Handicapped Golf Tournament
Massages by Shayne Stevenson
Heather Lawrence Cancer Fundraiser
CerTech Automotive Repair
Zach Bosch Head Shave
Michael Gorman’s Birthday
Edmonton Moravian Church 100th Anniversary Mother/Daughter Tea
The Chow Brothers Fundraiser
“The Bald and the Beautiful” Head Shave—Justine Danis
RCMP K Division Christmas Party
Kensington Floors Head Shave
Westjet Car Wash & Bake Sale
Jeanine Hoffart’s Bicycle Ride for Charity (Calgary – Edmonton)
Garden of Beaden Fundraising
Parkallen Knitters Annual Show and Sale
The Garden of Beaden
Fraternal Order of Eagles #2098
$1,264
$1,230
$1,221
$1,207
$1,202
$1,187
$1,170
$1,160
$1,150
$1,150
$1,115
$1,097
$1,094
$1,090
$1,031
$1,025
$1,020
$1,012
$1,001
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$970
$965
$920
$905
$900
$895
$870
$855
$810
$800
$793
$784
$780
$777
$765
$750
$735
$731
$730
$724
$713
$708
$705
$700
$700
$700
$680
$659
$657
$655
$650
$650
$631
$615
$614
$610
$590
$587
$580
$570
$529
$525
$520
$517
$511
$510
$507
$505
$504
$502
$501
$500
$500
$500
$500
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Cancer Care Centres
The Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton and the Tom Baker Cancer Centre
in Calgary deliver comprehensive patient care and treatment, undertake
research and provide education opportunities to health-care professionals.
Cross Cancer Institute
11560 University Avenue
Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2
Phone: 780-432-8771
Tom Baker Cancer Centre
1331 – 29 Street N. W.
Calgary, AB T2N 4N2
Phone: 403-521-3723
Associate Cancer Centres
Community Cancer Centres
Fort McMurray Community
Cancer Centre
4815 – 51 Avenue
Barrhead, AB T7N 1M1
Phone: 780-674-2221
c/o Northern Lights Regional Health Centre
7 Hospital Street
Fort McMurray, AB T9H 1P2
Phone: 780-791-6161
Barrhead
Bonnyville
c/o Bonnyville Health Centre
5001 Lakeshore Drive, P.O. Bag 1008
Bonnyville, AB T9N 2J7
Phone: 780-826-3311
Central Alberta Cancer Centre
Camrose Community Cancer Centre
3942 – 50A Avenue
P.O. Bag 5030
Red Deer, AB T4N 4E7
Phone: 403-343-4526
c/o St. Mary’s Hospital
4607 – 53 Street
Camrose, AB T4V 1Y5
Phone: 780-679-6100
Lethbridge Cancer Centre
Bow Valley Community
Cancer Centre
Room 2H209
960 – 19 Street
Lethbridge, AB T1J 1W5
Phone: 403-329-0633
Grande Prairie Cancer Centre
c/o Queen Elizabeth II Hospital
10409 – 98 Street
Grande Prairie, AB T8V 2E8
Phone: 780-538-7588
c/o Canmore General Hospital
1100 Hospital Place
Canmore, AB T1W 1N2
Phone: 403-678-7226
Drayton Valley
Medicine Hat Cancer Centre
Drayton Valley Community Cancer Centre
Crossroads Hospital & Health Centre
4550 Madsen Avenue
Drayton Valley, AB T7A 1N8
Phone: 780-542-5321
666 – 5 Street S.W.
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 4H6
Phone: 403-529-8817
Drumheller Community
Cancer Centre
Drumheller District Health Services
351 – 9 Street NW
Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y1
Phone: 403-823-6500
High River Community
Cancer Centre
c/o High River General Auxiliary Hospital
560 – 9 Avenue West
High River, AB T1V 1B3
Phone: 403-652-2200
Hinton Community Cancer Centre
c/o Hinton General Hospital
1280 Switzer Drive
Hinton, AB T7V 1V2
Phone: 780-865-3333
Lloydminster Community
Cancer Centre
Lloydminster Hospital
3820 – 43 Avenue
Lloydminster, SK S9V 1Y5
Phone: 306-820-6144
Peace River Community
Cancer Centre
c/o Peace River Community Health Centre
10101 – 68 Street, Bag 400
Peace River, AB T8S 1T6
Phone: 780-624-7500
The Annual Review and complete
financial statements are available
online at albertacancer.ca.
Possible—Alberta’s Cancer Free Future
Alberta Cancer Board and Foundation
2005/2006 Annual Review
Provincial Office
Provincial Office
1220, Standard Life Centre
10405 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5J 3N4
P 780-412-6300
1400, Standard Life Centre
10405 Jasper Avenue,
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4
P 780-409-5700
Toll-free in AB 1-866-412-4222
F 780-409-5724
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ISSN 1911-4729
Layout and Design:
Perpetual Notion, Tina Tomljenovic
Photography:
Darren Jacknisky, Bluefish Studios
Trudie Lee, Trudie Lee Photography
Writers: Anne Bailey, Brian Bergman,
Kathy Classen, Phoebe Dey, Lee Elliott,
Rhonda Lothammer

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