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Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
Lose the Booze™ Raises Over $62,000 for Cancer Research
With the pop of a cork, Booze Losers across the province are rejoicing. After going alcohol-free for 29 days in February, participants in BC Cancer …
Breaking Ground on the Next Generation of Cancer Treatment
VICTORIA, BC – With the strike of a hammer, Robert and Alex Conconi ceremoniously begin construction of a lab where life-saving cancer treatments will be …
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 …
The Rise of Genomics in Personalized Cancer Treatment
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 …