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Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
Introducing February Guest Blogger Dr. Pete Tonseth
Thank you to our January guest blogger Dr. Bernie Eigl for sharing a behind-the-scenes look at clinical trials. We are fortunate to have a …
BC Cancer Agency researchers recognized for groundbreaking projects
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Today on World Cancer Day, the BC Cancer Foundation and BC Cancer Agency announce the recipients of $1.5 M in funding …
Strategic Priority Fund Award: Dr. Peter Lansdorp
Support from the Strategic Priority Fund Award will allow Dr. Peter Lansdorp, distinguished scientist, BC Cancer Research Centre, and his colleague Dr. Intan Schrader, …
Strategic Priority Fund Award: Dr. Haishan Zeng
Support from the Strategic Priority Fund Award will allow Dr. Haishan Zeng, distinguished scientist, imaging unit – integrative oncology, to embark on his project …
Strategic Priority Fund Award: Dr. Dean Regier
Dr. Dean Regier, scientist, BC Cancer Agency, will use the support from his Strategic Priority Fund award to embark on his Personalized Onco-Genomics focused …
Strategic Priority Fund Award: Dr. Dirk van Niekerk
Support from the Strategic Priority Fund Award will allow Dr. Dirk van Niekerk, medical director, Cervical Screening Program, BC Cancer Agency, to embark on …
Strategic Priority Fund Award: Dr. Pierre Lane
Dr. Pierre Lane, senior scientist, will use the support from his Strategic Priority Fund award to embark on his research project titled Novel image-guided …
Strategic Priority Fund Award: Dr. David Huntsman
Dr. David Huntsman, Dr. Chew Wei memorial professor of gynecologic oncology and director of the BC multidisciplinary ovarian cancer research team (OVCARE), will use …
Strategic Priority Fund Award: Dr. Connie Eaves
Support from the Strategic Priority Fund award will allow Dr. Connie Eaves, distinguished scientist, and her colleagues Drs Davide Pellicani and Martin Hirst to …
Reflecting on the Pace of Cancer Discovery
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of cancer, “The Emperor of All Maladies,” Siddhartha Mukherjee quotes the Red Queen from Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking …