A Pledge for Pediatric Cancer Outcomes in BC
Theo Lazaridis at BC Children’s Hospital For the hundreds of BC families who have experienced the heartbreak of a childhood cancer, hope …
Innovation
How a Ground-breaking Clinical Trial Saved Allison Kelly’s Life
In the summer of 2017, at the age of 36, Registered Nurse Allison Kelly was living a full and active life. It wasn’t until she had completed …
Genomics saves West Vancouver woman’s life after facing aggressive ovarian cancer
Every three and a half hours, another woman is diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Canada. In B.C, more than 300 women will be diagnosed …
Innovative therapies are changing radiation treatment
Dr. Elaine Wai is a radiation oncologist and head of the radiation therapy department at BC Cancer – Victoria. She has been treating …
Thanks to innovative therapies, Linda is living life to the fullest
In March 2003, Linda West had just returned from holiday in Thailand when she felt a lump in her right breast. A week later, …
Clinical trials are changing cancer outcomes
Dr. Vanessa Bernstein is a medical oncologist and chair of the skin cancer tumour group at BC Cancer. Based at BC Cancer – …
We have good reason to be optimistic for the future of cancer outcomes
A large part of my role as Regional Medical Director in the Interior is to look ahead and ensure our patients have access to …
The power of individualized treatment in radiation oncology
Hello, my name is Dr. Ross Halperin. I am a Radiation Oncologist and Regional Medical Director of BC Cancer - Kelowna. It has been nearly …
How targeted drugs can improve colorectal cancer outcomes
In addition to the research I mentioned last week, we are also enrolling patients in clinical trials focused on improving outcomes. For example, we have …