About Us
Increased Awarness
Increased Awarness
Increased Awarness
Read our most recent interview highlighting the importance of early detection in oral cancer
About Us
Our Focus
The CIMlab focuses on the study of invadopodia-dependent invasion as these are specialized actin-rich structures that are unique to cancer cells and mediate invasion. Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a devastating disease and its poor prognosis has changed minimally in the past several decades. The Canadian cancer statistics estimates that in 2015, 4,400 people will be diagnosed with oral cancer in Canada and 1,200 deaths will occur as a result of the disease.
Our current projects
Cancer Inflammation and Metastasis
New tools to predict malignant transformation
Novel proteins involved in breast cancer invasion
Our Recent Publications
Oral Inflammation promotes oral cancer invasion
Neutrophils Increase Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Invasion through an Invadopodia-Dependent Pathway.
Neutrophils Increase Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Invasion through an Invadopodia-Dependent Pathway.
Our most recent publication show a direct link between oral inflammation and oral cancer invasion
Neutrophils Increase Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Invasion through an Invadopodia-Dependent Pathway.
Neutrophils Increase Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Invasion through an Invadopodia-Dependent Pathway.
Neutrophils Increase Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Invasion through an Invadopodia-Dependent Pathway.
Neutrophils and oral squamous cell carcinoma: lessons learned and future directions
Neutrophils Increase Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Invasion through an Invadopodia-Dependent Pathway.
Neutrophils and oral squamous cell carcinoma: lessons learned and future directions
How neutrophils may affect oral cancer behaviour?