| Canadian Cancer Statistics 2017 | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/CCS%20cover.png?RenditionID=2" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Canadian Cancer Statistics 2017 | Today the Canadian Cancer Society released its annual statistical report Canadian Cancer Statistics 2017, providing the most up to date estimates of cancer burden in Canada. | http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/canadian-cancer-statistics-2017 | | 2017-06-20T07:00:00Z | | |
| How much sun is too much sun? | <img alt="" src="/news-site/PublishingImages/ThinkstockPhotos-180156390.jpg?RenditionID=2" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | How much sun is too much sun? | While some sunlight is beneficial, an overabundance of it can be harmful due to the negative effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. These invisible rays of sunlight are able to cause skin damage, and they are a proven human carcinogen. | http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/how-much-sun-is-too-much-sun | | 2017-06-07T07:00:00Z | | |
| Coping with changes to body image | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/myrna.png?RenditionID=2" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Coping with changes to body image | Myrna Tracy, a social worker with Patient & Family Counselling at the BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior, answers some of the most-asked questions about changes to body image after cancer treatment. | http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/coping-with-changes-to-body-image | | 2017-06-01T07:00:00Z | | |
| When cancer is your “new normal” | | When cancer is your “new normal” | There are more than 122,000 British Columbians living in the province who have been diagnosed with cancer in the past decade – about 2.7 per cent of the population. | http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/when-cancer-is-your-new-normal | | 2017-06-01T07:00:00Z | | |
| World No Tobacco Day warns of the dangers to development | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/no%20tobacco%20day.jpg?RenditionID=2" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | World No Tobacco Day warns of the dangers to development | Smoking is one of the largest challenges to the sustainable development of countries around the world. | http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/world-no-tobacco-day-warns-of-the-dangers-to-development | | 2017-05-31T07:00:00Z | | |
| Women reminded to get a Pap during Pap Awareness Month in BC | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Pap%20month.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Women reminded to get a Pap during Pap Awareness Month in BC | The BC Cancer Agency is reminding women from ages 25-69 to get a Pap test every three years to prevent or detect cervical cancer. | http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/women-reminded-to-get-a-pap-during-pap-awareness-month-in-bc | | 2017-05-17T07:00:00Z | | |
| BC Cancer Agency featured in new CBC documentary | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Cracking%20Cancer_Title%20Card.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Cancer Agency featured in new CBC documentary | After a year and a half filming at the BC Cancer Agency the documentary, Cracking Cancer, is premiering this Thursday on CBC’s The Nature of Things. | http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-cancer-agency-featured-in-new-cbc-documentary | | 2017-02-22T08:00:00Z | | |
| Personalized Onco-Genomics (POG) Q&A | | Personalized Onco-Genomics (POG) Q&A | The BC Cancer Agency’s Personalized Onco-Genomics (POG) program is a clinical research initiative that’s embedding genomic sequencing into the diagnostic and treatment planning for patients with incurable cancers. | http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/personalized-onco-genomics-(pog)-q-a | | 2017-02-21T08:00:00Z | | |
| Practice good sun sense this winter | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Skin%20cancer%20story%20image.jpg" width="923" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Practice good sun sense this winter | During the long dark days of winter, the urge to get outside when the sun comes out can be irresistible in beautiful British Columbia. Just make sure to continue practicing good sun safety. | http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/practice-good-sun-sense-this-winter | | 2017-02-06T08:00:00Z | | |
| BC Cancer Agency scientists among World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds | <img alt="" src="/news-site/PublishingImages/mm%20sj%20cropped%202.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Cancer Agency scientists among World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds | BC Cancer Agency scientists have yet again been listed by Thomson Reuters as among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds. | http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-cancer-agency-scientists-listed-among-world’s-most-influential-scientific-minds | | 2016-12-13T08:00:00Z | | |
