Interpreting PET/CT Images to Offer the Best Cancer Treatment By Laura Matwichuk on Feb 17, 2017 Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography, or PET/CT, is an imaging method that uses a sophisticated machine to generate images of patients following the injection of very small amounts of a medical isotope. As a Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine physician in the Functional Imaging Department at BC Cancer, my primary role is to interpret the PET/CT images obtained on one of the... Continue Reading BC Cancer - Vancouver, Clinical Trials, Functional cancer imaging, PET/CT scan, Prostate Cancer
Dr. Pete Tonseth: A Passion for Radiology By Laura Matwichuk on Feb 07, 2017 Hello, my name is Dr. Pete Tonseth and I’m very pleased to be sharing a bit about myself on the BC Cancer Foundation blog this month! I was born in Norway and moved often in my early years, living in Denmark, California and Washington before starting school in a small town in Norway. My family and I then moved to Ontario for a year before moving to Sidney in 1970, where we settled and... Continue Reading Functional cancer imaging, PET/CT scan, Radiotherapy
Questions of medicine and science formed half way ‘round the world By Dr. Aly Karsan on Mar 22, 2016 My path to a career in science and medicine was convoluted, but not without direction. I grew up in east Africa on an island in the Indian Ocean. Both my maternal grandparents died at very young ages of undiagnosed conditions. While the setting was idyllic, the reason for my grandparents’ deaths, or rather the lack of a reason bothered me. This great gap in understanding—the causes of... Continue Reading BC Cancer - Vancouver, BC Cancer - Victoria, BC Oral Cancer Prevention Program, Biobanking, Brachytherapy, BrainCare BC, Breast Cancer, Bust a Move, Cancer Control Research, Chemo SmartBook, Chemotherapy, Childhood cancer, Childhood Cancer Research Program, Clinical Trials, Colorectal cancer, Concrete Hero, Deeley Research Centre, Discovery Luncheon, Drug Development, Endometrial Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Experimental Therapeutics, Functional cancer imaging, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Genomics, Golf Classic In Memory of Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins, Gynecologic Cancer, Head & Neck Cancer, Inspiration Gala, Jingle Mingle, Leukemia
BrainCare Part II: World-Class Expertise and Technology By Dr. Brian Toyota on Jan 30, 2014 Without embellishment, BrainCare has managed to create a brain tumour diagnosis/surgery/treatment paradigm that I believe is unique in the world. Perhaps this is simply due to the luck of timing, but as they say, the harder you work, the luckier you get. There are three foundations: Firstly, the BC Cancer Agency has a world-class Functional Imaging Program. Under the supervision... Continue Reading BrainCare BC, Functional cancer imaging, Genomics, PET/CT scan, Philanthropy and Research
BC Cancer Agency Scientists Find Solution for Cancer Imaging By Douglas Nelson on Jun 10, 2013 Hello everyone, I am pleased to share exciting news from the BC Cancer Agency: Dr. François Bénard and his colleagues have made medical history in B.C. by producing significant quantities of medical isotopes without the aid of nuclear reactors. This milestone comes at a crucial time, as medical isotopes—which are vital to detecting cancer and other medical conditions—are currently in... Continue Reading Functional cancer imaging