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Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
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 …
Making strides in ovarian cancer research
As part of our new Partners in Discovery blog, we want to give you as much opportunity as possible to hear directly from clinicians …
BC researchers uncover new ovarian cancer gene — ARID1A
Researchers with the Ovarian Cancer Research (OvCaRe) program at the BC Cancer Agency and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute found a major new tumour-suppressing …