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2009 News Releases

Updated: December 18, 2009

December
  • 12/18: New HALO ablation technology offers significantly improved treatment options for Barrett's Esophagus - more
  • 12/16: Research at the BC Cancer Agency reveals unexpected distribution of DNA during cell division - more
  • 12/15: Making informed decisions about complementary medicine - more
  • 12/08: Unique Genetic Pathology Centre set to change the way we treat cancer - more
  • 12/03: Pfizer and B.C. launch $9M Collaboration to tackle Cancer - more

November

  • 11/20: TeleOncology to enhance cancer services and bring care closer to home in the North - more
  • 11/09: BC Cancer Agency to lead $1.3-million program evaluating medical-isotope alternatives  - more
  • 11/09: Researchers discover how a chromosomal deletion may lead to bone marrow failure or leukemia  - more
October September
  • 09/21: Island patients helping in the search for better ovarian cancer treatments - more
  • 09/11: Novel approach used to sequence a fungus key to mountain pine beetle infestation - more
  • 09/02: Enhanced cancer services at Queen Charlotte Islands General Hospital to benefit Haida Gwaii residents - more
  • 09/02: New website to help children when cancer affects the family - more
August July June
  • 06/10: Found: One in Three Billion - more
  • 06/04: BC Cancer Agency’s Pap Awareness Week goes province-wide - more 
  • 06/02: BC Cancer Agency expands Pap Awareness Week to the Fraser Valley - more

May

  • 05/29: BC Cancer Agency and Northern Health to host public cancer forum for Prince George area residents - more
  • 05/26: BC Cancer Agency expands Pap Awareness Week to the Interior - more
  • 05/21: BC Cancer Agency expands Pap Awareness Week to Northern B.C. - more
  • 05/21: BC Cancer Agency expands Pap Awareness Week to Vancouver Island - more
  • 05/04: New study identifies a protein that makes breast cancer cells more invasive - more

April

  • 04/23: Bovine genome provides clue to evolution, better beef and milk - more
  • 04/20: Popular lymphoid cancer education forum brings professionals and patients together - more
  • 04/07: Research to Help Patients Whose Cancers Resist Therapy - more
  • 04/03: Northern Cancer Control Strategy moves forward - more
  • 04/01: First study of its kind reveals educational outcomes of childhood cancer survivors in British Columbia - more

March

  • 03/24: BC Cancer Agency to Sponsor Public Forum on Cancer Survivorship - more

February

  • 02/06: Northern Cancer Control Strategy Liaison Committee holds inaugural meeting - more

January

  • 01/28: First long-term BC Cancer Agency study on prostate brachytherapy outcomes shows excellent results - see specific news releases for Victoria and Vancouver
  • 01/22: BC to Launch Program for Colorectal Cancer Screening - more

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