Catherine O'Brien

Researcher
  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
  • University Health Network
  • University of Toronto
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  • Multiple Cancers

    Determinants of stemness that underlie high risk or relapse disease

    There’s an analogy that Dr. John Dick likes to use to describe cancer. For him, cancer is like a weed, with the tumour being the leafy part that sits above ground. The roots, on the other hand, ...

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  • Completed
    Colorectal Cancer

    Understanding cancer stem cell heterogeneity and dynamics: implications for therapy in human colorectal cancer

    Dr. Catherine O’Brien is a scientist with the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and a general surgeon with the University Health Network. She is studying colorectal cancer at the level of si...

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  • Research Highlight|January 08, 2021

    Cancer cells hibernate like bears to evade harsh chemotherapy

    A team led by Dr. Catherine O’Brien, a TFRI-funded scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, discovered that when under threat, all...

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