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Philanthropy, Research, and Riding to Conquer Cancer!
Key to doing cancer research is funding (i.e. money!). As researchers, we spend a lot of time trying to get funding from various …
The Ride to Conquer Cancer Presented by Silver Wheaton Announces $9.1 Million Raised as 6th Annual Ride Commences in British Columbia
VANCOUVER, B.C., June 14, 2014 – The Ride To Conquer Cancer presented by Silver Wheaton announced 2,104 riders helped raise $9.1 million …
Translational Research and the Latest Prostate Cancer Discoveries
At the BC Cancer Agency I wear a number of hats: first, I’m a medical oncologist which is a sub-specialist in the drug treatment …
Cancer Care and Research: A Rewarding Career
My family came to Canada with pretty much nothing in the 1960s from Vietnam during the war there. After stints in Edmonton and Kingston, …
Introducing June Guest Blogger Dr. Kim Chi
Thank you to Dr. Peter Watson for a month of fascinating insights from the BC Cancer Agency - Victoria. From biobanking to breast cancer research …
A Look Inside the Tumour Tissue Repository and Final Thoughts
The BC Cancer Agency’s Tumour Tissue Repository (TTR) is another example of a biobank that owes much of its success to generous donations to …
Biobanks: Critical to Progress in Cancer Research
This week I would like to talk about biobanks and tell you a little more about how they work. Biobanks operate by coordinating a process …
Discovering a Link Between Breast Cancer Research and Immunotherapy
As I described earlier this week, my colleagues and I had recently discovered a link between resistance to hormone therapy in breast cancer patients …
Studying the Evolution of Breast Cancer
This week I would like to talk about my role as a researcher. My research program is focused on trying to understand two of the …
An Introduction to Pathology and Biobanking
In my previous post I described how I came to be a pathologist, scientist, and a biobanker. My colleagues have written fascinating posts about …