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He described the molecule as working in much the same way as porphyria - a disorder where a person's skin can be damaged by exposure to sun- light. In this scenario, the porphy- somes are directed to a tumour, and then light is introduced to that tumour. "Instead of an incision made across the neck to treat a thy- roid cancer or doing a radical prostatectomy, we can make a small two mm-long incision and introduce a fibre optic light into the tumour bed and basi- cally excite the porphysome molecules," said Irish. "What does that do? Light generates heat, and heat gener- ates local tissue destruction and destroys the cancer." Irish said that this form of cancer therapy is targeted, and intended to avoid the collateral damage to the patient that is seen with radiation or chemo- therapy. He said that funding support from the Terry Fox Researchfrom the Terry Fox Researchf Foundation has allowed him and his colleagues to continue to test and develop porphysome over the last three years. The cancer researcher em- phasized porphysome is still in the experimental phase, and said that while researchers are now at the point where they know it works, tests still need to be done to make sure it is safe and get Health Canada approv- al. "We've done a lot of that work. We are actually in the last step of the experiments, which costs $300,000 to $400,000 to do that," said Irish. "We hope to get through that in the next eight months. It's ex- citing." Irish said that he and his col- leagues would not be able to do their work were it not for local Terry Fox runs and their fund- raising. During the kickoff event, Bruna Raimondo, manager of special projects at the Terry Fox Foundation, said that last year's Oakville Terry Fox Run succeeded in raising $168,000 for cancer research.for cancer research.f She said that across Canada in 2018, Terry Fox runs raised $29 million - including $13 mil- lion in Ontario. "I'm sure every one of you is familiar with the impact of can-familiar with the impact of can-f cer," said Raimondo to the audi- ence of around 40 people. "We cannot allow the pace of progress to diminish when lives are at stake." Oakville North-Burlington MP Pam Damoff announced that the Oakville Terry Fox Run would seek to raise $180,000 for cancer research in 2019. That run will take place on Sunday, Sept. 15, beginning at Coronation Park at 10 a.m. The run honours Canadian icon Terry Fox, who on April 12, 1980 dipped his artificial leg in- to the Atlantic Ocean and set off on his cross-country Mara- thon of Hope in an effort to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. Fox was forced to end his run near Thunder Bay, when the cancer that he had been fight- ing spread to his lungs. He died June 28, 1981, but not before challenging all of Cana- da to finish what he had start- ed. "Each one of us is continuing that marathon," said Damoff. "Why do we keep coming back every year? Because there is still a long way to go. We've made tremendous strides with cancer, but we still have more to do and more money to raise. We know Terry never wouldWe know Terry never wouldW have given up in spite of the ob- stacles and challenges he faced. We have to keep going,faced. We have to keep going,f because as Terry said, 'Some- day the hurting must stop.'" NEWS Continued from page 1 FUNDING SUPPORT HAS ALLOWED CONTINUATION OF TESTING THE ISSUE: BEATING CANCER SEEMS TO BE A NEVERENDING BATTLE. ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS? LOCAL IMPACT: A POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH IN THE FIELD OF CANCER RESEARCH HAS CHARITABLE EVENTS SUCH AS THE TERRY FOX RUN TO THANK. STORY BEHIND THE STORY: The contributions of volunteers and charity workers are vast but is all their work leaving its mark on beating cancer? We wanted to find out. Please keep our community clean! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER V IS IT U S O N LI N E IN SI D EH A LT O N .C O M