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Discover the stories and breakthroughs that continue to change cancer outcomes across British Columbia.
More Groundbreaking news & Introducing Dr. Sohrab Shah
What a month! April was an exciting month for milestone achievements at the BC Cancer Agency. On April 22, the Agency’s own Dr. Karen …
The Future of the BC Cancer Agency Centre for Lymphoid Cancer
Forty years after cancer research was made a priority focus, we must soberly reassess the overconfidence of that era’s expectations. Genuine progress has been …
Honouring their Mother: Family Rallies Support for Cancer Research
Vancouver, B.C. - Cancer research and care will benefit from a local family’s efforts to honour their mother through the Sarabjit Gill Memorial Fund. …
Another Landmark Breast Cancer Announcement
I spoke at a news conference today for the second time in two weeks, to share another groundbreaking discovery in breast cancer research …
Scientists re-write rulebook on breast cancer in landmark global study
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency and University of British Columbia have identified new breast cancer genes that could change the …
The CLC & the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
By the early 2000s the BC Cancer Agency clinical care programs reflected all we had learned from careful collection of the clinical records of …
The Centre for Lymphoid Cancer (CLC)
Throughout the 1980s and '90s, the BC Cancer Agency’s lymphoma research group grew steadily. Clinical staff in Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Pathology …
Dr Connors and the Centre for Lymphoid Cancer
Thanks for having me back. I’m happy to share an update with you about what’s been happening here at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre …
Groundbreaking news & Introducing Dr. Connors
Before I introduce our next guest blogger, I must interrupt the schedule briefly here to share some exciting news with you. I am pleased to …
Darwinian evolution in the deadliest of breast cancers
VANCOUVER, B.C. - BC Cancer Agency scientists have decoded the genetic make-up of triple negative breast cancer, which could lead to more effective treatment. The …