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Laboratory Services

Provincial Services
  1. Cancer Genetics
  2. Immunology (flow cytometric analysis of leukemia and lymphoma)
  3. Tumour Markers 
  4. Non-Gynecologic Cytology Consultations requested by pathologists or other physicians throughout British Columbia, and other provinces in Canada
  5. Cervical Screening Program - centralised screening for cervical cancer for all British Columbia
  6. Screening Mammography - review of biopsies from patients indentified through breast cancer screening program
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Provincial Quality Control/Quality Assurance Programs
  11. Printable pathology request forms

Regional Services

  1. Surgical pathology for Vancouver Centre patients
  2. Fine needle aspiration biopsy service
  3. Diagnostic cytology

Research Programs

  1. Validation of newly identified target cancer genes and their products
  2. Adoption of validated tests at Vancouver Centre as a Provincial Diagnostic Service
  3. Lymphoma and leukemia research
  4. Breast cancer research
  5. Ovarian cancer research
  6. New test method development

Teaching and Continuing Education

  1. Medical students
  2. Postgraduate students
  3. Graduate students
  4. Pathologists of BC
  5. Research and Clinical fellows
  6. Postdoctoral fellows
  7. Visiting pathologists from other provinces and countries