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Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
Research moving us closer to personalized medicine
Researchers with the BC Cancer Agency’s Genome Sciences Centre developed two new approaches – ALEXASeq and Trans-ABySS – to characterize how the information in …
League Assets Corp. donation will help families of cancer patients
October 6, 2010, Victoria, B.C. - BC Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce a donation of $50,000 from League Assets Corp. to its Inspire …
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, …
Functional Cancer Imaging research
Another part of my work is to lead an active research group on “Functional Cancer Imaging.” The purpose of my research is to improve …
Radiopharmaceutical facility officially opens!
I’m excited because yesterday we officially celebrated the opening of the cyclotron and the radiopharmaceutical facility at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre of Excellence …
PET/CT Program Gets Major Boost With New Facility
September 27, 2010, Vancouver, BC – The official opening of a new $15-million radiopharmaceutical facility brings the production of radiotracers used in PET/CT scans …
Remembering Sindi Hawkins
As you may have heard, yesterday we lost our dear friend Sindi Hawkins. Sindi was a champion, an ambassador and a leading light for the …
Radioisotopes and cancer imaging
Performing PET/CT scans is not simply a matter of purchasing a machine and installing it into a hospital room. We must …
What’s a PET/CT scan?
As a nuclear medicine physician, I help patients by reading a special type of scan to detect cancers called a
Meet Dr. François Bénard
My name is François Bénard and I am a clinician-scientist at the BC Cancer Agency. I am …