On average, approximately 1,400 children a year are diagnosed with cancer in Canada. SickKids treats approximately 25 per cent of those children. Here is Bond’s question on cancer:

“How does cancer grow and spread?” ~ Bond - age 9, Toronto ON.

Click here to see the answer from Dr. David Malkin, a scientist in the Genetics & Genome Biology program, a staff oncologist and the co-director of the Cancer Genetics Program at The Hospital for Sick Children.

The scientists at SickKids are experts in most areas of health and life science. They spend their days asking tough questions and searching out the answers. Now it is your turn to ask them the tough questions.

Have you ever had a burning question about your body or about your health and didn’t know how to find the answer? This might just be the opportunity to get to the bottom of it!

You have the chance to submit your question and it will be passed to a scientist who specializes in that area. The best questions and answers will be featured on the Research Institute website: http://www.sickkids.ca/research.

Check the website often to see if your question gets posted. You can learn about what others want to know and if you read enough answers, you may even become a health expert yourself!