What a month! April was an exciting month for milestone achievements at the BC Cancer Agency. On April 22, the Agency’s own Dr. Karen Gelmon was honoured for her contributions to breast cancer research and her new partnership with Israeli scientists at the Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC) at a sold-out gala event co-hosted by the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of...
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Announcing new guest blogger
Before I introduce our next guest blogger, I must interrupt the schedule briefly here to share some exciting news with you.
I am pleased to bring news today of another groundbreaking discovery in breast cancer research at the BC Cancer Agency. This new discovery is adding to the strong momentum of hope and change in cancer research in British Columbia.
For the first time, the BC...
Thank you Courteney Lai, Graduate Student (PhD), for sharing your behind the scenes experience at the BC Cancer Agency Research Centre, in the Terry Fox Laboratory. Your post explaining blood cancers and leukemia was interesting, and I wish you good luck in the next steps of your career.
Now, here we are in March, and I’m excited to introduce our next guest blogger, Dr. Marianne...
Thank you to Dr. Julian Lum for sharing your experience at the BC Cancer Agency Vancouver Island Centre with us. Your immunology research is interesting, and your passion and dedication to your work is inspiring. Your post about cancer’s “sweet tooth” was an eye opener as well.
For February, we...
It’s with a heavy heart that I must raise your attention today to the passing of a great friend to the BC Cancer Foundation and a model Vancouver citizen. On New Year’s Eve, Vancouver business leader Milton K. Wong succumbed to pancreatic cancer. Mr. Wong was enthusiastic about adding to the vibrancy of Vancouver and a powerful ambassador of the importance of philanthropy and research. As co-...
Thank you Dr. Aly Karsan for guest blogging with us last month about the Personalized Medicine Project (PMP) – it is an excellent example of the leading-edge research taking place at the BC Cancer Agency.
I am now pleased to introduce our final guest blogger for 2011: Dr. Brian Toyota. Dr. Toyota is the Provincial Chair of Neuro-Oncology at the BC Cancer Agency and he is going to...
