A Guide to
Your Cancer Journey
Find your place on one of the five breast cancer paths.
A Guide to
Your Cancer Journey
Find your place on one of the five breast cancer paths.
A Guide to
Your Cancer Journey
Find your place on one of the five breast cancer paths.
Welcome to RUBY.
Here you will find information and resources for young women with breast cancer, their family and their friends. It’s designed to guide you through your cancer journey, complement information given to you by your care team and empower you to make decisions about your health.
The site has been divided into five paths: early stage breast cancer, neoadjuvant (pre-surgery) therapy, pregancy during breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ and metastatic (stage IV) breast cancer. Each one has important information that will help you know what to expect as you travel along your own journey.
researchers and clinicians across Canada
women under the age of 40 participating
patients per year added to database
years of funding solidified
Dr. Steven Narod’s work acknowledged as top-five most influential of the decade.
A publication from RUBY’s own Dr. Steven Narod has been named one of the most influential publications of the decade by British Medical…
How the Provincial Breast Health Initiative is improving care for breast cancer patients
Dr. May Lynn Quan speaks with Leap Magazine about Alberta’s Breast Health Intiative that aims to implement best practices to improve care for…
About Us
RUBY, or Reducing the bUrden of Breast cancer in Young women, is a pan-Canadian research study based at the University of Calgary (Calgary, AB) and Women’s College Hospital (Toronto, ON) that examines breast cancer in young women (40 years and under) in Canada. In doing so, we can identify the unique challenges that women in this age group face and find best practices for their medical care.
We are funded by:
