I’m facing the fight against cancer!
Nova Scotia has the highest cancer rates in all of Canada. 1 in 3 patients will not survive. To help combat these alarming stats, our BMO Ride for Cancer community is rallying like never before to introduce liquid biopsy technology that will help determine if a patient’s cancer is cured, if it has returned, and, if so, how best to treat it.
On Saturday, September 28, 2024, I’m riding alongside a community with one common goal: transforming local cancer care at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.
Faster diagnosis saves lives, which is why BMO Ride for Cancer is on a mission to bring rapid cancer detection and monitoring to patients who have already undergone treatment. With a simple blood test that can happen anywhere in the province, QEII experts will use this revolutionary technology to uncover whether patients are cancer-free after surgery and the earliest signs if their cancer has returned.
This technology will be a game-changer. Life-changing benefits include:
- improving survival rates and provide potential cures with earlier detection and personalized treatment options;
- unlocking access to more clinical trials;
- sparing patients from unnecessary treatments and harmful side effects;
- keeping care closer to home and ensuring equitable access, as patients can undergo a simple blood test in any community in Nova Scotia;
- reducing the number of visits required to the QEII, which ultimately impacts wait times;
- providing critical answers about a patient’s cancer sooner, helping to relieve anxiety and worry; and much more.
By supporting my ride today, you are joining a community dedicated to moving the needle in cancer care for Nova Scotians. Your support will pave the way for a future of hope for all of us.
Are you ready to save lives?
To learn more about liquid biopsy technology and the impact your critical donation will have, click here.
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Thank you to my Supporters
$50
Gervais Samson
$52
Sue Scott (samson) & Family
Thank you Kirk for doing the ride! Our donation is in memory of Sarah & Don and so many other family & friends we have lost. Thank you for all you do for this great cause.
$1,000
Kevin Bourgeois
$52
Chopper
$130
Catherine Greenwood-grabas
Have a great ride! Thank you for doing this each year.
$100
Lindsay Landry
$52
Monique
$100
Tracy Mahoney
Have a great ride! 🙌🏻
$50
Leah Mcinnis
$104
Lydia Bugden
$104
Marielle Thillet
Good luck Kirk!
$25
Grant& Jen Boyce
$50
Ron Birmingham
$50
The O'dettes
$83.20
Anja Pearre
I was speaking to Anja and you came up in the conversation and she gave me this to donate as she doesn't do the computer thing.
$156
Sandra Macdonald
Have a great ride, and thank-you.
$104
Robert Taylor
$20.80
Lynn
$104
Max Chauvin
$52
Melanie Dumaresq
$100
Grieve Family
Keep pedalling Kirk! All our Love.
$104
Heather Gordon
$26
Gord Cooper
$208
Rodney Badger
I appreciate your detrmination and effort to support such an important cause, Kirk. I dedicate my donation in loving memory of both Don Gordon and Sarah Gordon Yanofsky
$100
Brian Glick
Go Kirk!
$10.40
Don Laviolette
GREAT JOB KIRK. / COACH LAV
$50
Cam Mclarney
$50
Jennifer Gray
$100
Eric Galbraith
$515
Donald Gordon
$104
Robert Taylor
$26
Linda Gagnon
Sorry it's not more
$104
Max Chauvin
$52
Heather Mcleod
Go, Kirk, Go. This means so much to you.
$500
Kevin Bourgeois
$52
Scott Jamieson
Great to see you and your family continuing to support this great cause.
$208
Lynore
Go Kirk!! I hope you have a stellar ride. Wish I could be there to cheer you on in person.
$100
Kevin Schwenker
Happy to support your continuing efforts with this event - way to go Kirk!
$104
Anthony Finch
$104
Jilliane Portelli
Go KY Go!!!
$37.44
Lynn Gatto
Support for your BMO Ride for Cancer from The Gatto Family.
$104