Mission and vision
Why we're uniting patients, researchers, clinicians and administrators from institutions across the country like never before.
About Us
Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network
The Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network is the realization of a long-standing vision of the Terry Fox Research Institute. Inspired by Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope, the network represents a powerful collaborative platform that aims to close the gap between research in the lab and patient care in the clinic. Just as Terry Fox united Canadians with his run and dream to end cancer, the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network aims to unite our cancer researchers to pursue that same goal with precision medicine.
Photo of Terry Fox by Gail Harvey
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Our Projects
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Members and partners
Meet the institutions that are helping us build the Team Canada of Cancer Research. -
Our people
Meet the experts across the country who make up the Team Canada of Cancer Research.
Our Network
MOHCCN Data Dashboard
IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS
*A case will be considered complete when full genomic profiling and clinical data are deposited into the MOHCCN. Collection and deposition of clinical data is currently underway.
† Full genomic profiling includes whole-genome sequencing and, when possible, whole-transcriptome sequencing.
**Fiscal year goals are expected to increase on a yearly basis with the inclusion of new sites and projects.
Numbers in green indicate change from previous month.
LAST UPDATE: OCTOBER 3, 2024
Learn more about the MOHCCN Gold Cohort
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Regional Consortia
Atlantic Cancer Consortium
We have rallied our region’s leading cancer researchers, institutions and care facilities to unite around this vision to enhance inter-institutional and inter-provincial cancer research collaboration,...Read more
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Regional Consortia
BC Cancer Consortium
The overall vision of the BC Cancer Consortium is to further strengthen our province-wide research capabilities and partnerships, to improve our ability to support innovation in clinical care, and fir...Read more
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Regional Consortia
Marathon of Hope - Québec
The Marathon of Hope – Québec (MOH-Q) brings together leading scientists and clinicians from hospitals and research centres including the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-...Read more
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Regional Consortia
Pan-Canadian Projects
Building on work done by Regional Consortia across the country, the Pan-Canadian Projects program unites researchers and clinicians from multiple provinces to work on projects that accelerate precisio...Read more
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Regional Consortia
Prairie Cancer Consortium
The overall vision of the PR2C is to create a collaborative, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable multiprovincial initiative that works towards developing new treatment strategies for patients facing...Read more
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Regional Consortia
Princess Margaret Cancer Consortium
The Princess Margaret Cancer Consortium coalesces the expertise and efforts of clinicians, pathologists, software developers and data and translational scientists to help accelerate precision medicine...Read more
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Recent News & Network Voices
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Expert StoryMore young people are getting colorectal cancer. We're working together to find out why.
"As a clinician-scientist, my goal is to find new ways of providing better care to my patients, and I'm dedicated to working as part of a team to make that happen," says Dr. Kevin Wang, in our latest ... -
Team Canada of Cancer ResearchMeet the Team Canada of Cancer Research: A Q&A with Dr. Catalina Lopez-Correa
A Q&A with Dr. Catalina Lopez-Correa, a genomics scientist, a trained physician, an administrator, and now a cancer patient, who has been championing the use of genomics as a transformative tool i... -
Research HighlightAtlantic Cancer Consortium leadership and members share updates with the Network
The presentation was part of MOHCCN Seminar Series, which features virtual talks from MOHCCN research partner investigators and trainees, providing a platform for MOHCCN members to share their ongoing... -
Research HighlightNew study highlights long-read sequencing applications in precision oncology
A team of researchers that includes Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network members demonstrate applications for long-read sequencing in precision oncology in a new study published in Cell Genomics. -
Research Highlight
Prairie Cancer Consortium leadership and members share updates with the Network
The presentation was part of MOHCCN Seminar Series, which features virtual talks from MOHCCN research partner investigators and trainees, providing a platform for MOHCCN members to share their ongoing... -
Patient Story"I’m glad my data will play a role in bringing hope to more cancer patients"
Precision medicine has given Dan Murphy, a pancreatic cancer patient from Toronto, new hope. Now, he wants to extend that hope to other patients, by sharing his story -- and his data -- with the Netwo... -
Expert StoryWorking together to integrate research directly into clinical cancer care
In our latest expert opinion piece, Dr. Janessa Laskin argues that the integration of research into clinical care improves the quality of both activities and that the implementation of such an approac... -
Team Canada of Cancer ResearchMeet the Team Canada of Cancer Research: A Q&A with Dr. Lincoln Stein
We spoke to Dr. Stein to learn more about his career, his research and how initiatives like the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network (MOHCCN) are driving collaboration across Canada for the benefit...
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“When Terry dipped his prosthetic leg in the Atlantic Ocean and set out on his Marathon of Hope, his goal was to raise awareness and money for cancer research so that one day we would be able to find cures for all cancers. The Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network is a huge step in that direction and is something I know Terry would be very proud of.”
Darrell Fox, on Behalf of the Fox Family