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Lung cancer

Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital are investigating promising new approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat lung cancer. This page includes selected news stories about our lung cancer research, links to researchers working in this area and related resources.


Labs and Groups

These research teams may include multiple scientists, investigators, staff and trainees all working towards a common goal, or they can represent a single scientist and their team.

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Research Group
Addison Cancer Research Lab
Our laboratory focuses on two main themes; 1) the role of the tumour extracellular matrix (ECM) microenvironment in modulating tumour growth and an...
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Research Group
Ardolino Cancer Immunology Lab
Why don't the Killers kill? Understanding the immune system to develop better immunotherapy The immune system is an incredible weapon against...
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Research Group
Gray Lab
The Gray lab has studied the loss of protein homeostasis in aging and age-related diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer. Our specific focu...
Christina Addison
Scientist

Christina Addison

Senior Scientist, Cancer Research
Michele Ardolino
Scientist

Michele Ardolino

Senior Scientist, Cancer Research
Sebastien Gilbert
Clinician Investigator

Sebastien Gilbert

Clinician Investigator, Acute Care Research
Douglas Gray
Emeritus

Douglas Gray

Senior Scientist Emeritus, Cancer Research
Shahidul Islam
Clinician Investigator

Shahidul Islam

Clinician Investigator, Cancer Research
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Clinician Investigator

Paula Patino

Clinician Investigator, Inflammation and Chronic Disease
Timothy Ramsay
Scientist

Timothy Ramsay

Senior Scientist, Methodological and Implementation Research
William Stanford
Scientist

William Stanford

Senior Scientist, Regenerative Medicine

Clinical Trials

The following list of clinical trials at The Ottawa Hospital is pulled from ClinicalTrials.gov, which is hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and only available in English. If you find a clinical trial that interests you, you can bring the information to the next appointment with your care team and ask if you are eligible for the study. If so, they may be able to refer you to the study team. If you email the study team directly, we can guarantee a response. Learn more about participating in research and clinical trials.

A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of OC-001 in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancers (NCT04260802)
Cancer, Neoplasms, Metastatic Cancer, Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, Urothelial Carcinoma, Urothelial Neoplasm, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Solid Tumor, Locally Advanced Malignant Neoplasm, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Sarcoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Bladder Cancer View Details

Publications

The following research publications from The Ottawa Hospital are pulled from PubMed, with publication date of 2020 or later. Note that PubMed is hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and is only available in English.

Coronary artery calcium on lung cancer screening-CT: An opportunity to optimize cardiovascular disease risk reduction.

2025-10-21 Go to publication

Tarlatamab population survival kinetics in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: brief report.

2025-12-01 Go to publication

Identification of novel collagen breakdown products by human osteoclasts in vitro and in vivo.

2025-10-11 Go to publication

Phase Ib and dose-expansion study of GSK3326595, a PRMT5 inhibitor as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced cancers.

2025-12-01 Go to publication

CAR/CSTR Practice Guideline on CT Screening for Lung Cancer.

2025-11-01 Go to publication
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