BMO Financial Group helps patients and families affected by cancer on Vancouver Island
June 14, 2010, Victoria, B.C. - BMO Financial Group announces a donation of $125,000 to the BC Cancer Foundation’s Inspire the World campaign. This …
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BC Cancer Agency researchers uncover significant relapse behaviors in breast cancer subtypes
An Agency study was published revealing how different types of breast cancer have a predisposition to spread to different parts of the body. The …
BC Cancer Foundation receives $1 million gift from Roche Canada to expand BC Cancer Agency’s research capacity across B.C.
May 18, 2010, Vancouver, B.C. - The BC Cancer Foundation today announced a $1 million gift from leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, Roche Canada (Hoffmann-La Roche) …
Bob Mehr Compounding Pharmacies Donates $50,000 to Inspire the World
May 11, 2010, Victoria, B.C. - Customers, staff and guests were on hand at Cook Street Village’s Pharmasave today to celebrate a $50,000 gift …
Big cancer message delivered in giant underwear
April 15, 2010, Vancouver, B.C. - Lunchtime crowds were treated to a brief spectacle today as teams of runners dressed in little more than …
BC Cancer Agency researchers find presence of macrophages (scavenger cells) can predict treatment outcome in Hodgkin lymphoma
March 10, 2010, Vancouver, B.C. - New research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine sheds new light on which Hodgkin lymphoma …
Vancouver’s “Top Model” contest embraces fashion and philanthropy
ITM, CHMB AM1320 and the BC Cancer Foundation are partnering together again to host a Glamour Gala Dinner.
Scientists generate promising new model for predicting how individual lung tumours will respond to different drugs
February 23, 2010, Vancouver, B.C. - Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have generated a promising new method …
Norgaard Foundation’s $250,000 donation to Inspire the World lifts capital campaign over $5 million threshold
February 2, 2010, Victoria, B.C. - The Norgaard Foundation, a private family foundation based in Sidney, B.C. today announced a donation of $250,000 to …
BC Cancer Agency scientists unlock clues to lymphoma
January 18, 2010, Vancouver, B.C. - Scientists from the BC Cancer Agency have discovered a never before seen DNA spelling mistake, or mutation, in …