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VANCOUVER, August 29, 2015 - The Ride to Conquer Cancer presented by Silver Wheaton announced 2,087 riders helped raise $8.4 million for the BC Cancer Foundation as the seventh annual Ride commenced in British Columbia on Saturday. Funds raised through B.C.'s largest cycling fundraiser support breakthrough cancer research and enhancements to care at the BC Cancer Agency. "One in fifteen British...

Vancouver, BC - Two local cancer researchers will use nearly $1-million in new research funding to explore ways to treat leukemia and diagnose lymphoma using novel, non-detrimental or invasive approaches involving vitamin C and simple blood tests. Dr. Martin Hirst, University of British Columbia, and Dr. Ryan Morin, Simon Fraser University, both investigators conducting research at the BC Cancer...

Vancouver, B.C. – Over 600 cyclists took to Cypress Mountain in the 8th Annual Glotman Simpson Cypress Challenge on Sunday, raising an incredible $400,000 for the BC Cancer Foundation. The event has raised over $1.6 million to tackle one of the deadliest forms of cancer: pancreatic. This year’s event was held in memory of Darren Latoski, a well-known B.C. businessman who was diagnosed in 2012 and...

Vancouver – BC Cancer Agency researchers have published important findings with the power to predict patient response to existing treatment regimens. The results were released in The Lancet Oncology . The study, carried out in collaboration with scientists at the University Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians, University Munich, and collaborators at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston...

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Simon Fraser University and the BC Cancer Agency announce that Dr. Stuart Peacock will hold the new Leslie Diamond Chair in Cancer Survivorship. With advancements in early detection, diagnostics and treatments, nearly 185,000 British Columbians are part of a growing legion of cancer survivors. The Leslie Diamond Chair in Cancer Survivorship is supported with $5 million in...

VANCOUVER, B.C. – The BC Cancer Agency Research Centre celebrates its tenth birthday and a decade of discovery from its labs. “From humble roots as a basement lab to a state of the art facility that has helped develop treatments that have saved countless lives, together we celebrate 10 years of the BC Cancer Agency’s Research Centre,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “The work conducted through...

VANCOUVER, B.C. – The BC Cancer Foundation announced $52.2 million raised in support of life-saving cancer research. Through the generosity of 100,000 British Columbians the Foundation is the largest funder of cancer research in B.C., supporting breakthrough discoveries that result in life-saving advancements for those facing cancer. “This year, our donors rallied with overwhelming support to...

Vancouver B.C. – Research published today by scientists at the BC Cancer Agency in Cancer Cell brings new hope for the treatment of high-risk childhood sarcomas – a type of cancer that has seen almost no treatment improvement in the last 20 years in spite of intense research efforts. Sarcomas are malignant – meaning they are cancerous – tumors of the connective tissues, including bones and...

Vancouver, B.C. – the BC Cancer Foundation’s Workout to Conquer Cancer will power life-saving cancer research with $360,000 raised through the day-long fitness challenge. Five-hundred men and women converged to sweat-it-out in the most meaningful workout of their lives. In three years, Workout has raised an incredible $1,050,000 providing researchers at the BC Cancer Agency with the platforms,...

Vancouver, B.C. – The Personalized Onco-Genomics (POG) Program at the BC Cancer Agency has identified a life-altering treatment option for a patient with advanced cancer. POG has given Trish Keating a new reason to hope as the genomic sequencing of her aggressive colorectal cancer identified a unique protein function at play. This critical detail pointed to an outside-of-the-box treatment option...