BC Cancer Foundation Launches $50 Million Campaign to Advance Precision Cancer Care
Philanthropy is fuelling a future of faster, more precise and personalized cancer care for patients across British Columbia BC Cancer Foundation has launched a …
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90 Years of Discovery and Hope in B.C.: Donor-Driven Innovation in PET/CT and Radiation Therapy
Half of all cancer patients in B.C. require radiation therapy. Radiation Therapy From the rudimentary use of unprocessed radium to the …
State-of-the-Art Scanning Technology a First for Canada
BC Cancer’s Senior Executive Director of Research Dr. François Bénard is leading the charge to bring a Next-Generation PET/CT …
PET/CT Brings Hope for Future
To wrap up my blog, I’d like to highlight two exciting ways that the use of PET imaging is evolving: Medical isotopes are being investigated …
Interpreting PET/CT Images to Offer the Best Cancer Treatment
Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography, or PET/CT, is an imaging method that uses a sophisticated machine to generate images of patients following the injection of …
Dr. Pete Tonseth: A Passion for Radiology
Hello, my name is Dr. Pete Tonseth and I’m very pleased to be sharing a bit about myself on the BC Cancer Foundation blog …
Early Detection Research at the BC Cancer Agency
Hello, Dr. Rasika Rajapakshe here and I am glad to be back for Week 2 as the BC Cancer Foundation’s guest blogger! Today I …
BrainCare Part II: World-Class Expertise and Technology
Without embellishment, BrainCare has managed to create a brain tumour diagnosis/surgery/treatment paradigm that I believe is unique in the world. Perhaps this is simply …
Philanthropy Supporting Lung Cancer Research
Much of my research at the BC Cancer Agency would not exist without the philanthropy of our donors. Lung cancer research has traditionally …
What’s in store for functional cancer imaging?
We’ve been fortunate to have PET/CT imaging for patients with suspected or diagnosed cancer for the past five years. However, demand has been growing, …