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Beyond Belief Vancouver Island
On the cusp of real hope and change, we are making an impact across Vancouver Island and its surrounding communities.
We have the experts and the opportunity to turn hope into reality. It starts right here, with all of us.
From April 1 to May 31, 2024, your donations to BC Cancer – Victoria will be matched. We invite you to double your impact.
A new BC Cancer centre is under development in Nanaimo, expanding access to cancer care on Vancouver Island. The BC Cancer Foundation will be fundraising to bring state-of-the-art equipment to the new Centre.
The new BC Cancer centre in Nanaimo will:
BC Cancer – Victoria is expanding its campus, a 12,000 square foot building just 250 metres from the existing facilities. The purchase and renovation of the building will be fully donor-funded – a first in BC Cancer Foundation history.
The new building will create a standalone space for the centre’s Supportive Care services – programs that help patients manage the adverse physical and psychological side effects of cancer.
From April 1 to May 31, 2024, your donations to BC Cancer – Victoria will be matched. We invite you to double your impact. The BC Cancer – Victoria Integrated Care and Research Pavilion will:
BC Cancer – Victoria researchers are launching ADAPT-25 – a cutting-edge prostate cancer clinical trial harnessing the power of AI and SABR (a high-precision radiation therapy).
This trial builds on the centre’s leadership in prostate cancer research, with recently published research reducing treatments from six to eight weeks of daily radiation to five doses of SABR.
This cutting-edge clinical trial is seeking to:
The Deeley Research Centre at BC Cancer – Victoria is a central site for trailblazing immunotherapy research. Researchers at Deeley study how the immune system responds to cancer and how best to enhance this response with forward-looking therapies.
The Deeley Research Centre is working to:
To learn more about how you can support priorities on Vancouver Island, please contact William Litchfield at william.litchfield@bccancer.bc.ca or 250.667.8690.
Motivated by the financial support he received while at graduate school, Andrew Beckerman, wanted to create an opportunity for graduate students to work in a world-class research lab alongside distinguished scientists. He provided a matching gift, establishing two graduate stipends at the Deeley Research Centre, BC Cancer – Victoria that will support the next generation of research scientists.
Read MoreMade possible through two decades of donor support, BC Cancer – Victoria’s Deeley Research Centre is bringing hope to Vancouver Island patients like Noel Schacter – and beyond – who have exhausted other treatment options through cutting-edge immunotherapy clinical trials.
Read MoreKim Pirie has donated $50,000 towards the development of a new cancer centre in Nanaimo to bring care closer to the place his wife Brenda loved most: home. It’s a venture that Brenda would have jumped in with both feet, he says. “And, of course, I’d have followed.”
Read More“This campaign will enable us to develop a world class immunotherapy clinic right here on the island, ensuring BC Cancer patients have access to the latest game-changing cancer treatments developed locally and around the world.”
Dr. Brad Nelson
Director & Distinguished Scientist
BC Cancer — Victoria