On behalf of everyone at the BC Cancer Foundation, I am so thrilled to introduce you to our epic new event–Bust a Move for Breast Health. Launched this afternoon with an exhilarating outdoor fitness session at the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Georgia St. Plaza, Bust a Move will change the face of breast cancer research for the benefit of patients across the province and beyond....
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Written by Dr. Sohrab Shah on
May 08, 2012
Breast cancer, Genomics
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During my PhD at UBC, I became convinced of a notion that had been known for decades: “cancer is a disease of the genome”. So naturally, to further our understanding of cancer, the genomes of tumours would need to be precisely decoded.
Frustratingly, technology did not yet exist to study individual tumours in this way. After all, it took the human genome project billions of dollars, 15...
Written by Douglas Nelson on
May 01, 2012
Announcing new guest blogger, Breast cancer
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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...
Written by Douglas Nelson on
Apr 18, 2012
BC Cancer Agency Research Centre, Breast cancer
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I spoke at a news conference today for the second time in two weeks, to share another groundbreaking discovery in breast cancer research at the BC Cancer Agency. This new discovery will be a catalyst for bringing hope to breast cancer patients across the province and beyond.
For the first time, the BC Cancer Agency’s breast cancer research team, led by Dr. Sam Aparicio, has identified...
Written by Douglas Nelson on
Apr 04, 2012
Announcing new guest blogger, Breast cancer, Lymphoid cancers
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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...
Written by Douglas Nelson on
Nov 24, 2011
Breast cancer
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This is a brief interruption to Dr. Aly Karsan’s blogging to share an interesting fundraising opportunity that is happening right now online—it’s a virtual race!
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Written by Dr. Sam Aparicio on
Oct 29, 2010
Breast cancer, Prostate Cancer
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For my last post, I want to talk about some of the work we’re doing in collaboration with the BC Cancer Agency’s ovarian cancer research program, OvCaRe.
Back in 1896, a Scotsman named George Beatson became the first doctor to treat breast cancer patients by removing their ovaries. This was...
Written by Dr. Sam Aparicio on
Oct 22, 2010
Breast cancer
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I promised to tell you about some of the projects we’re working on at the moment and how they fit into our overall goal of getting the best possible breast cancer treatments to the right patients at the right time.
We have so many different projects on the go. It’s impossible to cover everything, but I hope I can explain the big picture of how all the different components connect...
Written by Dr. Sam Aparicio on
Oct 20, 2010
Breast cancer
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In memory of Anita Cochrane.
What is life? Almost 70 years ago, Nobel prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger asked that question in an essay. His short book provoked a large number of physicists and chemists to move into the field of biology, thus sparking the revolution in science that came from the discovery of the...
Written by Dr. Sam Aparicio on
Oct 12, 2010
Breast cancer
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As you might imagine, leading the BC Cancer Agency’s breast cancer research program keeps me very busy! And I’m not the only one: my lab, located in the BC Cancer Agency’s Research Centre, is full of students, postdoctoral researchers and technicians working away on their research projects. In the office areas nearby, teams of programmers and statisticians are busy analyzing the massive...
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