Posted on 11 May 2011. Tags: Cancer Research, cancer survivor, Jackie Ellis, lymphoma

Jackie Ellis cancer survivor
“Good afternoon. My name is Jackie and I am grateful to be standing here as a cancer survivor.”
Jackie Ellis was speaking to a group of BC Cancer Agency doctors, scientists and BC Cancer Foundation donors at the recent announcement of a research breakthrough in lymphoma – the same kind of cancer she had. Read the full story
Posted in Features, Health and Fitness
Posted on 17 December 2010. Tags: BC Cancer Foundation, Cancer Research, lymphoma

Dr. Randy Gascoyne, left, and Dr. Joseph Connors, right, Co-Directors of the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre for Lymphoid Cancer.
BC Cancer Foundation donors gave the ANGLEYC Project its wings last month, donating $2.6 million for lymphoma research at the Foundation’s Inspiration Gala. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 August 2010. Tags: BC Cancer Agency, cancer in British Columbia, Cancer Research, genome sequencing

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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Posted on 18 April 2010. Tags: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, athletes, bronze, CANADA, Cancer Research, Chris Sobkowicz, colette bourgonje, Fox, Fox Foundation, Gerry Austgarden, gold, Gray Cormack, ice sledge hockey, Ina Forrest, ISH, Karen Blachford, kilometers per hour, Mount Fuji, Nina Halliday-Thompson, Para-Cross Country Skiing, silver, Sonja Gaudet, Terry Fox, The Afro News International, The Afro News Vancouver, Vancouver Winter Olympics, visually impaired, Whang Yiun Dai Achievement Award, Wheelchair Racing, Whistler, whistler adaptive sports program, Whistler Paralympic Games

Terry Fox Terry Fox Canada’s Iconic National Heroes
Until you are face to face it is hard to believe what these paralympians can do – just imagine yourself going down the alpine slopes getting clocked at 74.5647284 miles per hour. OK for the metric individuals up to 120 kilometers per hour.
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