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Finding information about your health shouldn’t be complicated. Healthy Tomorrows is a collection of health stories, insights and tips from experts at The Ottawa Hospital to help you and your family live healthier lives.

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Patient Alicia Hilderley
“My story doesn’t have to be your story”: New screening test better at preventing cervical cancer

“I went from being a 32-year-old new mom to a cancer patient with an incurable diagnosis.” Alicia’s journey underscores the critical role of HPV testing in preventing cervical cancer. Discover how the new HPV test can save lives and find out how to book your cervical screening appointment with our “Superscreener.”

Patient and REaCT participant Beth Ciavaglia at The Ottawa Hospital’s Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre.
By thinking differently, this research team is improving the lives of people with cancer

Taking a different approach to clinical trials, the REthinking Clinical Trials (REaCT) program aims to answer some of the most important and practical questions that affect both patients with cancer and our health-care system. Find out what sets REaCT apart and makes the program so special to participants like Beth.

Staff at The Ottawa Hospital’s breast screening clinic.
Breast cancer screening at The Ottawa Hospital: What to expect from your mammogram appointment

Is it time for your regular mammogram? Meet the team at The Ottawa Hospital’s Hampton Park Plaza breast screening clinic. When you book your screening mammogram with us, you can expect compassionate service and an efficient appointment (most people are in and out in under 20 minutes!).

Dr. Jean Seely (left), Head of Breast Imaging, and Dr. Anna Wilkinson (right), family physician and general practitioner-oncologist
Ontario lowers age for regular breast cancer screenings: Top 13 frequently asked questions

To help detect and treat breast cancer as early as possible, the province has lowered the minimum age to self-refer for publicly funded screenings — from 50 to 40. Eligible Ontarians between 40 and 49 can make an appointment for a routine screening mammogram without a referral from a primary care provider. Here are the most important things that our breast screening team wants you to know.

Dr. Miller MacPherson and the MR-Linac radiation therapy system
New radiation machine targets cancer with pinpoint accuracy — even as the tumour moves during treatment

“We can deliver a radiation treatment that’s exactly personalized for the patient on that day.” The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre is now one of the first in Canada to acquire the state-of-the-art MR-Linac radiation therapy system.

Nurse Practitioner Sarah Junkin-Hepworth
Looking to get screened for cancer but don’t have a family doctor? Make an appointment with our “Superscreener”

Regular cancer screening can help save lives. For people living in Eastern Ontario who do not have a primary care provider, the Champlain Screening Outreach Program offers screening services for breast, cervical, colorectal and lung cancer. Find out how to book your appointment with Nurse Practitioner Sarah Junkin-Hepworth, our “Superscreener.”

This website gives you common facts, advice and tips. Some of it may not apply to you. Please talk to your doctor, nurse or other health-care team member to see if this information will work for you. They can also answer your questions and concerns.