Examining the etiology of early-onset breast cancer in the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (CanPath)
Oct 15, 2021
The incidence of breast cancer in women under age 50 is rising, yet the cause of this remains unknown. Approved in early 2020, a matched case-control study using data from 3 cohorts of the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (CanPath), the Ontario Health Study, the BC Generations Project, and Alberta’s Tomorrow Project was published in the journal Cancer Causes & Control, concluding that measures of adiposity, pregnancy history, and family history of breast cancer are important risk factors for early-onset breast cancer.
The Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds: How well does it reflect the Canadian population?
Mar 22, 2021
Ontario Health Study participants make up majority of those taking part in the nation-wide CanPath study (formerly the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project). A subset of OHS participants were invited to also take part in the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds (CAHHM) study, which explores the early determinants and progression of cardiac and vascular disease in adults. This paper evaluates how well the CAHHM-Health Services Research (CAHHM-HSR) subcohort reflects the Canadian population.
https://www.cjcopen.ca/article/S2589-790X(20)30108-6/fulltext
Diabetes, Brain Infarcts, Cognition and Small Vessels in the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds Study
Mar 22, 2021
Ontario Health Study participants are part of the nation-wide CanPath study (formerly the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project). A subset of OHS participants were invited to also take part in the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds (CAHHM) study, which explores the early causes cardiac and vascular disease in adults. CAHHM researchers looked at brain and carotid artery MRIs and two cognitive tests from 7,733 men and women, and found that small vessel disease characterizes much of the relationship between diabetes and vascular brain injury.
