The Canadian Dupuytren Society is a non-profit organization registered as a charity with the Canada Revenue Agency (830527982RR0001). It was created at the initiative of patients who had to obtain valuable information about the disease, its development, its prevalence and potential treatments, from foreign organizations including the International Dupuytren Society, the Dupuytren Foundation in the United States and the British Dupuytren’s Society. The lack of information on treatment available in Canada motivated the founders to establish a Canadian society.

The general aim of the society is to share and enhance the knowledge of patients and the medical community with respect to Dupuytren disease, the various treatments available at different stages and the availability of these treatments in Canada. It also aims to offer programs that will help sufferers to have a functional quality of life and improve their health, as research continues to find a cure. Information shared is gathered by a medical advisory board made up of specialists in the medical fields relevant to the disease’s treatment, including surgery, radiotherapy, rheumatology, dermatology, occupational therapy and medical research. The medical advisory board helps the administrators of the Canadian Dupuytren Society to:

• Gather information on Dupuytren disease for the website and publications and, eventually,
• Organize conferences,
• Select a winner of an annual prize, and
• Choose research grants.

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