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An interview with Judy Needham

Chair of the CCTG Patient Representatives Committee (formerly Lay Committee)

Former cancer patient, Judy Needham is the Chair of the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) Patient Representatives Committee (formerly Lay Committee). She talks about the role of the patient voice in the development of clinical trials. Before partnering with CCTG, Judy was a board member of the former BC chapter of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, championing the first Breast Cancer Navigation Map, a patient tool aimed at simplifying the breast cancer journey. Since 2012, Ms. Needham has been working with the Canadian Cancer Trials Group, as a Breast Disease Site Executive Committee member and now as the committee chair.