Posted on 10 February 2011.
Vancouver B.C. tops in world for cancer survival
When Nancy McKinstry got the phone call from her doctor five years ago with the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, she and her husband immediately started researching. “Whatever it took, we wanted to get the best possible treatment to ensure I survived. Read the full story
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Posted on 24 January 2011.
Improving treatment for cancer’s smallest patients
Why has Dr. Poul Sorensen, a BC Cancer Agency senior scientist and the Johal Chair in Childhood Cancer Research, devoted his career to researching childhood cancers? Because, he says, as long as kids are sick, they need him to do more research. Read the full story
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Posted on 17 November 2010.
B.C. researchers saving women’s lives one gene at a time
September – ovarian cancer month – was marked with the usual high-profile events to raise funds and awareness. September 2010, however, will be remembered as particularly significant for this most deadly of women’s cancers.
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Posted on 11 August 2010.
Cancer Research
By BC Cancer Foundation : The Afro News Vancouver
Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency are launching parallel voyages of discovery that are changing the face of cancer in British Columbia and around the world.
The BC Cancer Agency is the provincial organization responsible for cancer control on our collective behalf. It is a broad and diverse community of health professionals and specialists based in five regional centres across the province. In a single year, Agency staff will guide more than 20,000 British Columbians through their cancer experience – from prevention and screening, diagnosis and treatment, patient support and counseling, to rehabilitation or end of life care. Read the full story
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