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Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
The CLC & the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
By the early 2000s the BC Cancer Agency clinical care programs reflected all we had learned from careful collection of the clinical records of …
The Centre for Lymphoid Cancer (CLC)
Throughout the 1980s and '90s, the BC Cancer Agency’s lymphoma research group grew steadily. Clinical staff in Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Pathology …
Dr. Connors and the Centre for Lymphoid Cancer
Thanks for having me back. I’m happy to share an update with you about what’s been happening here at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre …
Groundbreaking news & Introducing Dr. Connors
Before I introduce our next guest blogger, I must interrupt the schedule briefly here to share some exciting news with you. I am pleased to …
Darwinian evolution in the deadliest of breast cancers
VANCOUVER, B.C. - BC Cancer Agency scientists have decoded the genetic make-up of triple negative breast cancer, which could lead to more effective treatment. The …
Looking Ahead
For patients, research is hope. If we’re not doing research then there is nothing in the pipeline for them. For patients that have treatments …
Philanthropy Compresses Time
Philanthropy is a way of speeding up research, often much faster than grant funding. The process to acquire grants takes a long time – …
What EPI Means for Advanced Prostate Cancer
At the BC Cancer Agency Research Centre, my team and I are researching a new drug compound that we developed called EPI. Currently, we …
A Eureka Moment of Discovery
The moment of discovery for a scientist is when you know something that no one else in the world knows. These are the moments …
BC Cancer Foundation and Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem team up to improve breast cancer survival
Vancouver, B.C. – BC Cancer Foundation and Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have teamed up to fund an important research initiative …