Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
The Diamond family's long history of support for the Foundation continues with a gift of $7.2 million — one of the largest donations ever to the BC Cancer Foundation — to improve care for thousands of women and their families at high risk for hereditary cancer.
Read MoreAn Agency discovery challenged scientific knowledge about what happens to DNA when cells divide. The new research shows that identical copies of chromosomes are …
Researchers identified that a loss of either one of two micro-RNAs (a type of molecule, similar to DNA) can lead to a type of …
October 23, 2009, Vancouver, B.C. - The 2009 Inspiration Gala raised $1.27 million for the BC Cancer Foundation and colorectal cancer research at the …
October 22, 2009, Victoria, B.C. - Thrifty Foods has announced a donation of $300,000 to the BC Cancer Foundation’s Inspire the World campaign to …
The BC Generations Project was launched as part of the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow, a 30-year national study to collect health information and biological …
For the first time in history, Agency researchers decoded all three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumour …
October 7, 2009, Vancouver, B.C., Canada – For the first time in history, BC Cancer Agency scientists in British Columbia, Canada have decoded all …
OvCaRe researchers discovered that there appears to be a single mutation in the genetic code of granulosa cell tumours – a rare and often …
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 …
