Young cancer survivor changing Canada’s fight against rare cancers with tissue sample database

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NBHC Care Experience
August 10, 2017

Global News looks at the development of the Wilson Sarcoma Research Fund, which would create a global database of tissue samples. It woud be a game-changer in facilitating research to help patients with rare cancers and, hopefully, finding a cure. The fund was conceived in December 2016 and officially set up in April 2017, with over $275,000 of seed money from the family of Patrick Wilson, a 20-year-old cancer survivor.

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