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Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
Introduction to Lymphoid cancers
Hello readers! My name is Dr. Joseph Connors, and I’m the clinical director at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre for Lymphoid Cancer. I’ve worked …
Breast cancer and other women’s cancers
For my last post, I want to talk about some of the work we’re doing in collaboration with the BC Cancer Agency’s ovarian cancer …
Record $2.6 million raised at BC Cancer Foundation’s Inspiration Gala
October 29, 2010, Vancouver, BC – The capacity crowd of 400 dinner guests had philanthropy on their minds last night as they donated a …
Scientists identify the P-cadherin protein as a prognostic biomarker in breast cancer
Researchers from the BC Cancer Agency and from Pfizer oncology analyzed the expression of the P-cadherin protein in breast cancer and found that over-expression …
My lab’s research focus
I promised to tell you about some of the projects we’re working on at the moment and how they fit into our overall goal …
What is Life?
In memory of Anita Cochrane. What is life? Almost 70 years ago, Nobel prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger asked that question in …
Scientists uncover strategy to effectively target drug resistant childhood cancers
Researchers used gene silencing to identify MST1R – a complimentary drug target for IGF1R therapy which, when silenced, boosts the efficacy of existing cancer …
Kennametal Foundation will help patients better navigate their cancer journey
October 14, 2010, Victoria, BC – The Kennametal Foundation announced a donation of $15,000 to the BC Cancer Foundation’s Inspire the World campaign. This …
What does a breast cancer researcher do?
As you might imagine, leading the BC Cancer Agency’s breast cancer research program keeps me very busy! And I’m not the only one: …
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 …