Introducing Bust a Move for Breast Health!
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 …
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A disease of the genome & Me at the BC Cancer Agency
During my PhD at UBC, I became convinced of a notion that had been known for decades: “cancer is a disease of the genome”. …
Who is Dr. Sohrab Shah?
Thank you Doug, I’m glad to be joining the roster of guest bloggers here at the BC Cancer Foundation. I’m a fan of the …
More Groundbreaking news & Introducing Dr. Sohrab Shah
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 …
The Future of the BC Cancer Agency Centre for Lymphoid Cancer
Forty years after cancer research was made a priority focus, we must soberly reassess the overconfidence of that era’s expectations. Genuine progress has been …
Honouring their Mother: Family Rallies Support for Cancer Research
Vancouver, B.C. - Cancer research and care will benefit from a local family’s efforts to honour their mother through the Sarabjit Gill Memorial Fund. …
Another Landmark Breast Cancer Announcement
I spoke at a news conference today for the second time in two weeks, to share another groundbreaking discovery in breast cancer research …
Scientists re-write rulebook on breast cancer in landmark global study
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency and University of British Columbia have identified new breast cancer genes that could change the …
The CLC & the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
By the early 2000s the BC Cancer Agency clinical care programs reflected all we had learned from careful collection of the clinical records of …
The Centre for Lymphoid Cancer (CLC)
Throughout the 1980s and '90s, the BC Cancer Agency’s lymphoma research group grew steadily. Clinical staff in Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Pathology …