Media Advisory - Toronto's Cancer Research Community, elementary and high school students team up with Terry Fox Foundation to target hard-to-treat cancers through personalized treatment

TORONTO, Sept. 8, 2014 /CNW/ -

What:	News Conference and Photo Opportunity
When:	10: 00 am, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014
Where:	Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
	7^th Floor, Research Atrium
	610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Who:	The Terry Fox Research Institute with research partners at:
	University Health Network/Princess Margaret Cancer Centre The Hospital for Sick Children Sunnybrook Research Institute Mount Sinai Hospital Ryerson University University of Toronto
Participants:
	Dr. Victor Ling, President and Scientific Director, TFRI
	Mr. Darrell Fox, brother of Canadian hero Terry Fox
	Cancer Scientists and Clinicians at Partner Institutions
	Grades 5&6 students from Orde Street Public School (Toronto)
	Mr. Yusuf Hirji, Pickering high school student and cancer survivor (osteosarcoma/same cancer Terry Fox had)

Note to editors: The annual Terry Fox run for cancer research will be held Sept. 14, 2014

SOURCE: Terry Fox Research Institute

Kelly Curwin, Chief Communications Officer, Terry Fox Research Institute, Cell: 778-237-8158, [email protected]; Martha McClew, Ontario Provincial Director, Terry Fox Foundation, 1-416-924-8252, [email protected]