Agency researchers, in collaboration with international researchers, identified the important role that the protein YB-1 plays in breast cancer metastasis. The protein slows or …
The B.C. Government and the BC Cancer Foundation announced Dr. François Bénard as the B.C. Leadership Chair in Functional Cancer Imaging. He will lead …
The first long-term results from the largest prostate brachytherapy program in Canada, at the Agency, showed that it is a very effective treatment for …
Scientists from the Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OvCaRe) and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have identified distinct pathways for five subtypes …
A team of Agency researchers showed that the normal female breast contains breast stem cells that can regenerate a complete miniature, milk-producing mammary gland …
The Agency, as part of a collaborative study, launched the HPV FOCAL study to determine if a test for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) can …
The Agency launched the MINDSET study, collaboratively with the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, to find out whether talk therapy or relaxation programs …
A study by BC Cancer Agency scientists provides new evidence that environmental contaminants – organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) – increase …
The hand-held oral cancer device called the VELscope, invented and developed at the Agency for the detection and treatment of oral precancerous lesions, achieved …
The Agency developed a revolutionary technology called Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) that will enable cancer patients to receive faster and more precise radiation …