Every year in Canada, 10,000 people are diagnosed with brain tumours, and the prognosis is grim. CANADA AM launches a week-long special series on living with the disease, the treatment and the hope for a cure. CANADA AM airs Monday – Friday beginning at 6 a.m. ET on CTV.
Part 1 – Monday, May 10
CANADA AM introduces Canadians to Rael Herman, who was a young man with a wife and two small children when he was diagnosed with brain cancer six years ago. Beverly Thomson and Seamus O’Regan meet Rael and his family, and hear his remarkable story of hope.
Part 2 – Tuesday, May 11
CANADA AM looks at radiation and chemotherapy, two key methods of treating brain tumours and how a drug developed in part in Canada is helping extend life. Thomson and O’Regan explain how the treatments work and why they are sometimes as dangerous as the disease.
Part 3 – Wednesday, May 12
CANADA AM takes viewers inside the operating room while doctors are performing brain surgery. Thomson and O’Regan hear from the doctor, and the patient, as a tumour is removed from her brain. It’s all in a day’s work with the patient back home recovering by the end of the day.
Part 4 – Thursday, May 13
So, what’s next? Today, CANADA AM provides information on what the research is saying about causes of brain cancer, and the hope that new treatment may be developed down the road.
In addition, CanadaAM.ctv.ca will provide additional resources including links to support groups, emerging treatments in Canada, and an interactive element where viewers can share their experiences with treatment of brain tumours.
