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Revised by NSCC Journalism student Paige Dillman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HALIFAX:<\/strong> On May 6, the IWK announced they would be creating a new unit for Breast Health Research.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n This was made possible by a $ 2 million gift from the J & W Murphy Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The unit will gather data from all over the province to create better treatment for those who have breast cancer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to the size of the donation, the unit will be able to collect extensive data on the patients and their experience throughout having breast cancer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Breast Health Research Unit will also have one of the first datasets in Atlantic Canada to show patient-reported outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This dataset will report outcomes on a provincial level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lisa Murphy from the J & W Murphy Foundation says that her family cares deeply about women\u2019s health and is happy to help make a change for lasting improvements in breast cancer research and care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n IWK Health currently collects data on breast cancer from Nova Scotia\u2019s central zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This new unit will allow them to expand the data collection and see clinical outcomes such as survival rates and patient-reported outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”218″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Canadian Cancer Society, one in eight women in Canada will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, and 84 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer daily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The IWK Foundation President and CEO, Jennifer Gillivan expressed her gratitude in a statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you to the J & W Murphy Foundation for being true champions for advancing health care and research in the Maritimes,” said day will make a difference for patients with breast cancer and breast health issues across Nova Scotia and beyond,\u201d said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Their investment today will make a difference for patients with breast cancer and breast health issues across Nova Scotia and beyond,\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Gillivan also stated that alongside donors, the IWK Foundation is on a mission to improve women\u2019s health care and research, locally, regionally and nationally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”237″] [adrotate banner=”238″] From a release Revised by NSCC Journalism student Paige Dillman HALIFAX: On May 6, the IWK announced they would be creating a new unit for Breast Health Research.\u00a0 This was made possible by a $ 2 million gift from the J & W Murphy Foundation. The unit will gather data from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[8342,50,30,4259,48],"class_list":["post-55631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-breast-health","tag-halifax","tag-iwk","tag-iwk-health","tag-n-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}