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Introducing February’s Guest Blogger: Dr. Brad Nelson
Through the reading of our blog and the exploration of our website, I hope you’ve come to appreciate how the BC Cancer Agency is …
A message on World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day gives me the opportunity to step back and look at where we are and how far we’ve come in our knowledge …
The Future of Genomics: Personalized medicine
It really is a very exciting time to work at the BC Cancer Agency’s Genome Sciences Centre (GSC). We are working with many other …
How technology is helping genomics
As I mentioned in my last post, the amount of DNA in your body is astounding, as is the number of cells, which has …
What is genomics?
Since genomics can seem complicated, let’s start with the basics so that you understand a bit better what my team does. Many people are aware …
Meet Dr. Marco Marra
Hello readers! My name is Marco and I’m the Director of the BC Cancer Agency’s Genome Sciences Centre. I’ll explain a bit more about …
Introducing January’s Guest Blogger
It is my pleasure to introduce January’s guest blogger Dr. Marco Marra, head of the BC Cancer Agency’s Genome Sciences Centre (GSC). If you've …
A pitch for radiation therapy
Dr. Devin Schellenberg talks about his role as a radiation oncologist. (more…)
Why do clinical trials require/deserve funding?
When thinking about what I wanted to write in today’s post, I knew I first wanted to say thank you to George and Margaret …
Southern Interior residents invited to take part in major cancer prevention study
January 5, 2011, Kelowna, BC – The BC Generations Project came to the Southern Interior this morning, and with it came a call for …