News and Announcements

VANCOUVER, B.C. – At the Annual General Meeting, the BC Cancer Foundation announced $49.3 million raised for the BC Cancer Agency this year: the result of 95,000 generous individuals. Funds raised allowed the Foundation to invest a record amount into research and enhancements to care this year with donors advancing more than 400 research projects at the BC Cancer Agency. The impact is felt by...

Building on the world’s largest breast cancer study, BC Cancer Agency scientists map the relationship between cancer mutations and clinical outcomes in 2,433 women. Dr. Samuel Aparicio co-led a study with Dr. Carlos Caldas from Cancer Research UK and these teams have shown that what lies beneath the surface is critical as no two breast cancers are alike when you dig deeper. Building on a landmark...

Dr. Kim Chi, medical oncologist and senior scientist at the BC Cancer Agency, and his colleagues at the Vancouver Prostate Centre, have demonstrated the clinical value of performing genomic profiling through non-invasive blood tests to benefit patients undergoing treatment for metastatic prostate cancer. The findings, published in JAMA Oncology , prove that a blood test can provide critical...

Vancouver – BC Cancer Agency researchers are providing critical insight into the invasive spread of the most malignant form of ovarian cancer in a landmark study, published today in Nature Genetics . This is a first in mapping two distinct patterns of ovarian cancer cell migration in high grade serous ovarian cancer. Dr. Sohrab Shah The discovery, led by Dr. Sohrab Shah, senior scientist at the...

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The BC Cancer Foundation Board of Directors has appointed Sarah Roth as President & CEO, effective April 18, 2016. Sarah Roth joins the Foundation with an extensive twenty-year career in fundraising and a track record of success. Sarah Roth, BC Cancer Foundation President & CEO “On behalf of the BC Cancer Foundation Board, I welcome Sarah to the team. We are thrilled to...

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Today, families around the world have answers as to what’s causing a long history of stomach cancer. The international study involved BC Cancer Agency researchers and has discovered the genetic cause of a rare gastric condition that can lead to stomach cancer. The team, including Dr. David Huntsman, Distinguished Scientist at the BC Cancer Agency and Professor in the Departments...

RICHMOND, B.C. – Hundreds of participants took to the gym floor on Saturday April 2 nd to Workout to Conquer Cancer TM , raising an inspiring $325,000 for the BC Cancer Foundation. The funds will support priority cancer research at the BC Cancer Agency, kick-starting projects with the most promise to dramatically improve cancer outcomes. In four years, Workout has raised an incredible $1.3...

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 Foundation’s Lose the Booze are ready to break their happy hour ban and put the dry month behind them. Over 230 people from across B.C. traded their wine for water and pints for pop and fundraised an amazing $62,137 in the process, which will directly...

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 made. Victoria is a scientific hub for cancer immunotherapy research in Canada, and today’s milestone takes the research team one giant step closer to bringing customized Adoptive T Cell Therapies to the clinic. This new lab, called a clean room...

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 provides two BC Cancer Agency clinician-researchers the opportunity to dramatically alter cancer care for patients in B.C. Dr. Aly Karsan and Dr. Jessica McAlpine recipients of the BC Cancer Foundation Clinical Investigator Awards The five-...