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Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
Thrifty Foods joins campaign to Inspire the World
October 22, 2009, Victoria, B.C. - Thrifty Foods has announced a donation of $300,000 to the BC Cancer Foundation’s Inspire the World campaign to …
BC Generations Project will help researchers learn more about how environmental exposures, lifestyle and genetic makeup contribute to the development of cancer and other chronic diseases
The BC Generations Project was launched as part of the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow, a 30-year national study to collect health information and biological …
Agency researchers decoded all three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumour
For the first time in history, Agency researchers decoded all three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumour …
Major breast cancer breakthrough announced at BC Cancer Agency
October 7, 2009, Vancouver, B.C., Canada – For the first time in history, BC Cancer Agency scientists in British Columbia, Canada have decoded all …
Researcher find the spelling mistake in the genetic code that causes a type of ovarian cancer
OvCaRe researchers discovered that there appears to be a single mutation in the genetic code of granulosa cell tumours – a rare and often …
New study identifies a protein that makes breast cancer cells more invasive
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 …
Research to help patients whose cancers resist therapy
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 …
First long-term BC Cancer Agency study on prostate brachytherapy outcomes shows excellent results
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 …
Researchers show ovarian cancer is a group of distinct diseases
Scientists from the Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OvCaRe) and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have identified distinct pathways for five subtypes …
Human breast stem cells that regrow mammary tissue
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 …