Planned Giving – Retired BC Cancer Employee on Legacy of Gratitude
“Such a shock,” is how Sheila King, a retired BC Cancer staff member who helped build the province’s mammography network, describes suddenly finding herself …
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Changing the Conversation on Lung Cancer
Adrienne Peralta (right) is facing Stage 4 lung cancer with the support of her husband Benjo and her golden …
Philanthropy is the Foundation for Advanced Cancer Care
Construction is underway on a new state-of-the-art cyclotron and radiopharmacy laboratory in Vancouver that will increase access to PET/CT scans for patients across the …
Dr. Lily Proctor: On the Road to Erasing Cervical Cancer
B.C. is the first province in Canada to establish a new cervix self-screening option that will increase access to life-saving cervical cancer screening and …
Dr. Jonn Wu: Looking Beyond a Cure to Increase Quality of Life for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
“If time travel was real and someone went back to 1993 to the start of my career in radiation therapy and told me how …
Changing the Game for Prostate Cancer
“The saying, ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it’s the only thing that ever …
Life Beyond Cancer: Heather Geluk on Regaining Strength and Joy After Cancer
Over the past 10 years, Heather Geluk, an accomplished high-altitude mountaineer, has kept a blog titled “The People You Meet Along the Way”. The …
Life Beyond Cancer: Chris Ho on finding his purpose after facing cancer as a family
Hours after Chris Ho found out his father had Stage 4 lung cancer, he also learned his wife was expecting their first child. Chris’ …
Paying a Lifetime of Love Forward
Roger Gouin remembers the first time he laid eyes on his late wife Peggy like it was yesterday. “It was September 1966. We were both …
Honouring Childhood Cancer Through Action
Team Finn rides for a little boy who lived, was lost, but will never be forgotten. Since 2009, they’ve raised hundreds of thousands to …