Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Dr Lacey Pitre is an Oncologist and CCTG researcher at the Northeast Cancer Centre in Sudbury, she spoke at a press conference earlier this month to help kick off the Canadian Cancer Society's Daffodil Campaign in Northern Ontario. When she was a teen growing up in Val Caron, Pitre’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Pitre got to ride along with her mother in a volunteer-driven vehicle when chemotherapy appointments were scheduled. Today, Pitre, a doctor who specializes in medical oncology, spends some 60 hours a week dealing with cancer patients. In her free time, such as Friday nights and Sundays, she fills out grant forms seeking funding for clinical trials. “The hard part with doing research with patients is trying to conceive a great idea, but you don’t have the funds to do it,” she said. “The best part of research is doing trials and then doing them in the community.” Pitre currently deals with patients who are receiving chemotherapy as part of their cancer treatment regimen. As a consequence, that work sees her interact with the Canadian Cancer Society a great deal. Read more here: Sudbury doctor knows cancer all too well Interview for CBC: Sudbury oncologist says clinical trials help treat different types of cancers
