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Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
April is cancer awareness month
It’s April 1st – cancer awareness month. But aren’t we all aware of cancer? It now touches more than one in three of us – …
Another exciting breakthrough in Lymphoma research
Wow! The BC Cancer Agency announced another breakthrough out of its Centre for Lymphoid Cancer – you may have read it …
Fashion meets philanthropy – top model search launched today
Today we officially launched the ITM Model Look North America 2010, and BC Cancer Foundation is pleased to be the …
BC Cancer Agency researchers find presence of macrophages (scavenger cells) can predict treatment outcome in Hodgkin lymphoma
March 10, 2010, Vancouver, B.C. - New research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine sheds new light on which Hodgkin lymphoma …
Vancouver’s “Top Model” contest embraces fashion and philanthropy
ITM, CHMB AM1320 and the BC Cancer Foundation are partnering together again to host a Glamour Gala Dinner.
Colorectal cancer awareness
March is colorectal cancer awareness month, and since colorectal cancer is the third most common type of cancer, and the second leading cause of …
New hope for lung cancer patients
BC Cancer Agency researchers have had another breakthrough, which will be published online today by the international journal
Scientists generate promising new model for predicting how individual lung tumours will respond to different drugs
February 23, 2010, Vancouver, B.C. - Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have generated a promising new method …
Up close and personal with tigers
As we prepare to celebrate Chinese New Year and welcome the Year of the Tiger, I thought it seemed like a good …
February 4th is World Cancer Day
As the title suggests, today is World Cancer Day – aimed at raising awareness of cancer, and encouraging its prevention, detection and treatment. Many of …