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Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
Cancer research continues to reveal exciting advances
Cancer is a complex disease, and so cancer research is by necessity multifaceted and involves lots of collaboration. We are fortunate in B.C. to …
Philanthropy and Research: Together, we are seeing positive results
The BC Cancer Agency has a mandate to provide and coordinate cancer care in B.C., ensuring patients receive high quality care that is accessible …
Inspired by the passion
The first few months since joining the BC Cancer Agency have flown by. I am enjoying my new role—every day is different and presents …
$1.5 Million Bridges Lab Discovery and Clinic with new BC Cancer Foundation Clinical Investigator Awards
VANCOUVER, B.C. – The BC Cancer Foundation and BC Cancer Agency announce new BC Cancer Foundation Clinical Investigator Awards with $1.5 million. The funding …
Sometimes the best things aren’t planned
It might come as a surprise, but I never really considered a career in medicine until my third year of university. I …
Introducing February Guest Blogger: Dr. Malcolm Moore
Thank you to our January guest blogger, Dr. Steven Jones, who shared so personally how his curiosity of genetics while …
Looking Ahead
We are living in an exciting time—where cancer is being forced to reveal its genetic tricks and give up the molecular underpinnings it has …
A Petabase: no ordinary number
As Head of Bioinformatics at the Genome Sciences Centre, my role is to oversee the computational analysis of the DNA sequence data that we …
Supporting miracles with Personalized Onco-Genomics
The Personalized Onco-Genomics program and high priority cancer projects are receiving a boost from the BC Cancer Foundation to help the BC Cancer Agency …
Coming to British Columbia
During the tail end of my PhD in Cambridge, I was contacted by Dr Michael Smith from the University of British Columbia. He explained …