Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
A new Surrey hospital with an integrated BC Cancer centre is a momentous step closer to serving cancer patients in the quickly growing Fraser Region as the project is officially underway.
Read MoreOctober 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 …
The first long-term results from the largest prostate brachytherapy program in Canada, at the Agency, showed that it is a very effective treatment for …
Scientists from the Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OvCaRe) and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have identified distinct pathways for five subtypes …
A team of Agency researchers showed that the normal female breast contains breast stem cells that can regenerate a complete miniature, milk-producing mammary gland …
The Agency, as part of a collaborative study, launched the HPV FOCAL study to determine if a test for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) can …
The Agency launched the MINDSET study, collaboratively with the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, to find out whether talk therapy or relaxation programs …
A study by BC Cancer Agency scientists provides new evidence that environmental contaminants – organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) – increase …
