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Dr. Daniel Renouf: My Journey to the BC Cancer Agency
Hello everyone, I’m Dan Renouf, a medical oncologist and clinical researcher at the BC Cancer Agency. The areas I focus on include the treatment of …
Introducing November Guest Blogger Dr. Daniel Renouf
Dr. Renouf is our incoming guest blogger for November 2012! (more…)
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Bust a Move for Breast Cancer Research at the BC Cancer Agency
Hi everyone, I want to start by thanking our most recent guest blogger Dr. Juanita Crook. As you read in Dr. Crook’s fascinating posts, HDR …
New Horizons: HDR Brachytherapy for Breast Cancer at the BC Cancer Agency
Up until now, my blog posts have told the story of my career and research as it focused on prostate cancer. Before I finish …
New Horizons in HDR Brachytherapy at the BC Cancer Agency
In my last entry I described the first clinical trial completed in Kelowna using HDR prostate brachytherapy. We proved that the ultrasound-based procedure …
HDR Prostate Brachytherapy: Exciting Advancements through Clinical Trials
In my last post, I referred to two clinical trials involving High Dose Rate prostate brachytherapy that have been made possible through donor support. …
HDR Brachytherapy Treatment Comes to the BC Cancer Agency
When I arrived at the BC Cancer Agency in Kelowna in June 2009, a prostate brachytherapy program was already in place. My colleague …
The Origins of Brachytherapy Treatment for Prostate Cancer
As I mentioned at the end of my last post, I pursued post-graduate studies in France. I chose France for a number of reasons, …
One man’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis sparks major initiative to change outcomes of the deadly disease
Vancouver, B.C. – A new research effort at the BC Cancer Agency will seek to understand pancreatic cancer at the biological level, and to …
Dr. Juanita Crook: My Beginnings in Radiation Oncology
I grew up in Ontario, attended the University of Toronto for undergraduate studies on a scholarship and continued on with medical school. My father …