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Laboratory Services
Provincial Services
- Cancer Genetics
- Immunology (flow cytometric analysis of leukemia and lymphoma)
- Tumour Markers
- Non-Gynecologic Cytology Consultations requested by pathologists or other physicians throughout British Columbia, and other provinces in Canada
- Cervical Screening Program - centralised screening for cervical cancer for all British Columbia
- Screening Mammography - review of biopsies from patients indentified through breast cancer screening program
- Reviews of and consultations on pathology/cytology slides from other hospitals in BC and other provinces, at the request of pathologists, surgeons, or oncologists needing a second opinion
- Immunohistochemistry (IHC) for Estrogen Receptors (ER), Progesterone Receptors (PR), Her2/Neu and other biomarkers that are important for prognosis and prediction of response to therapy.
- Fluorescence-in-situ hybridisation (FISH) or chromogenic in-situ hybridisation (CISH) for Her2/Neu or other gene amplifications, chromosomal translocations and the presence of pathogens such as Epstein Barr virus.
- Provincial Quality Control/Quality Assurance Programs
- Printable pathology request forms
Regional Services
- Surgical pathology for Vancouver Centre patients
- Fine needle aspiration biopsy service
- Diagnostic cytology
Research Programs
- Validation of newly identified target cancer genes and their products
- Adoption of validated tests at Vancouver Centre as a Provincial Diagnostic Service
- Lymphoma and leukemia research
- Breast cancer research
- Ovarian cancer research
- New test method development
Teaching and Continuing Education
- Medical students
- Postgraduate students
- Graduate students
- Pathologists of BC
- Research and Clinical fellows
- Postdoctoral fellows
- Visiting pathologists from other provinces and countries
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