Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Princess Margaret is Canada's leading cancer centre and a pioneer in immunotherapy and cancer stem cell research.
Home of cancer stem cell discovery (Dick), major phase 1 unit, tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte and radiation research.
- Cancer stem cells
- Phase 1
- Radiation medicine
Keith Stewart is a myeloma researcher who leads Canada's largest cancer centre.
Leukaemia researcher who found that AML stem cells depend on mitochondrial proteases and metabolism.
Amit Oza is a gynaecologic oncologist who led early olaparib and niraparib studies in ovarian cancer.
Discovered cancer stem cells, showing leukaemia is driven by a rare population of self-renewing cells.
Runs one of the world's largest phase 1 programmes and led trials that shaped head and neck cancer immunotherapy.
Lung cancer oncologist who showed plasma genotyping matches tissue and leads Canadian lung trials.
Immunologist who built Canada's TIL therapy programme and defined T-cell tolerance mechanisms.
Cloned the T-cell receptor and co-discovered CTLA-4's brake function, foundations of modern immunotherapy.
Genomicist who applies cell-free DNA and single-cell sequencing to track cancer and immunotherapy response.