RAPHAËL
JOLICOEUR

A collective · Non-profit organization

Tumour.me

Nobody should go through cancer at 30 without their people around them. Tumour.me is a collective for 18-to-39-year-olds facing cancer, and for those close to them. Free for the patient, always.

Raphaël Jolicoeur with his care team at the CHUM
“Eight months on the other side of the table. I’m not taking this treatment break to recover. I’m taking it to build what I was missing when it was my turn.”
Raphaël Jolicoeur, founder, May 2026
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What the system doesn’t see

Between 18 and 39, cancer lands in the middle of everything: school, career, kids, love. The system treats the disease, and does it well. That leaves the other twenty-three hours of the day. The ones where you explain it all again to everyone, where the people who love you want to help and go in circles.

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A cocoon, a circle, real gestures

On Tumour.me, the patient opens a Cocoon, a space they control. They put down what they are living through and name what they need. Their Circle responds with concrete gestures, at the right moment. The patient never pays.

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A patient’s project, built seriously

Le collectif Tumour.me is a non-profit organization. Founding foundations hand access to their patients. Dr. Ramy Saleh, an oncologist at the MUHC, provides medical direction. Research runs alongside, because good intentions are not enough: we need to be able to show what it changes.

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    The Cocoon

    The patient puts down what they are living through.

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    The Circle

    Their people see what they need.

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    The gestures

    They respond, concretely, at the right moment.

A round-table interview with an AYA patient (centre) and two interlocutors, including Raphaël Jolicoeur on the right.

Milestones

  1. May 2026

    End of chemotherapy and 28 radiotherapy sessions. Dr. Ramy Saleh, oncologist at the MUHC, joins as medical director.

  2. June 2026

    Research protocol submitted to the MUHC research ethics board. Langlois law firm supports the legal structuring.

  3. August 25, 2026

    The collective is incorporated as a non-profit, with a first board of three directors.

  4. October 5, 2026

    Pilot opens with the founding foundations. Goal: 150 patients, about 450 people including their supporters.

Raphaël Jolicoeur and Dr. Ramy Saleh in front of the MUHC Cedars Cancer Centre
“Tumour.me is a creative, forward-thinking initiative that uses artificial intelligence for the common good.”
Dr. Ramy Saleh, oncologist at the MUHC and medical director
“Your initiative is thoughtful, relevant, comforting.”
Brigitte Viel
Executive Director, Regroupement des pharmacies de médicaments de spécialité du Québec (RPMSQ) (translated from French)

17 founding foundations

Seventeen foundations chose to build with us from day one. They support the pilot and hand activation codes to their patients.

Cedars Cancer Foundation logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation du CHUS logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation FMSQ logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation Hôpital Pierre-Boucher logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation PROCURE logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation québécoise du cancer (FQC) logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation santé Jonquière logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation Santé Outaouais logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation Santé Trois-Rivières logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation Santé urbaine logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation Virage logo, off-white monochrome version
Fondation Leucan logo, off-white monochrome version
Société de recherche sur le cancer (SRC) logo, off-white monochrome version
RPMSQ logo, off-white monochrome version

There is room at the table

Foundation, health institution, sponsor or donor: this collective is funded by partners who believe nobody should go through this alone. If that is you, let’s talk.