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Read stories about our patients and their families, and our hard-working health-care workers, medical staff, researchers and volunteers.

 

 

Changes to mailing of Breast Screening results letters<img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/breastscreening.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Changes to mailing of Breast Screening results lettersTo reduce our planetary impact and improve the efficiency of our operations, BC Cancer’s breast screening program is changing how we share breast screening results.https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/changes-to-mailing-of-breast-screening-results-letters2026-03-16T07:00:00Z
Co-designing supportive care services with patients and families<img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/image%20(2).png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Co-designing supportive care services with patients and familiesBC Cancer partnered with patient and family advisors and Emily Carr's Health Design Lab to co-design ways to improve awareness of and access to supportive care services, identifying gaps and generating ideas to strengthen services across the province.https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/co-designing-supportive-care-services-with-patients-and-families2026-03-16T07:00:00Z
Construction of the new Surrey hospital and BC Cancer Centre reaches new heights<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/NSHBCCC%20Aerial%20Jan2026%201.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Construction of the new Surrey hospital and BC Cancer Centre reaches new heightsThe new Surrey hospital and BC Cancer Centre reached a milestone with the first Level 5 concrete pouring, bringing it halfway to full height and on track for a 2030 opening. https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/construction-of-new-surrey-hospital-bc-cancer-centre-reaches-new-heights2026-03-12T07:00:00Z
Bringing chemotherapy home for patients with aggressive lymphoma<img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/EPOCHR_story%20image.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Bringing chemotherapy home for patients with aggressive lymphoma​​​​Frank Mattia was in his hospital bed at BC Cancer – Vancouver when he overheard nurses talking about a new pilot project.https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/bringing-chemotherapy-home-for-patients-with-aggressive-lymphoma2026-03-10T07:00:00Z
New report examines cancer risks and prevention opportunities<img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/report_cover.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />New report examines cancer risks and prevention opportunitiesThe Cancer Prevention Indicator Report, jointly produced by BC Cancer and BCCDC, sheds light on cancer risk factors, health inequities, and policy actions that can help reduce the cancer burden in BC.https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/new-report-examines-cancer-risks-and-prevention-opportunities2026-02-04T08:00:00Z
Canadian surgical innovation cuts ovarian cancer risk by nearly 80 per cent<img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/BCC_OS%20release.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Canadian surgical innovation cuts ovarian cancer risk by nearly 80 per centhttps://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/canadian-surgical-innovation-cuts-ovarian-cancer-risk-by-nearly-80-per-cent2026-02-02T08:00:00Z
Celebrating 70 years of cervix screening in BC<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/CervixScreening-70Years.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Celebrating 70 years of cervix screening in BCJanuary is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of prevention and screening while celebrating BC’s progress in stopping cervical cancer.https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/celebrating-70-years-of-cervix-screening-in-bc2026-01-28T08:00:00Z
Bringing cancer care closer to home in Kamloops: Brenda’s story<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Brenda%20Partridge%20and%20husband%20Gord.JPG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Bringing cancer care closer to home in Kamloops: Brenda’s storyThe new BC Cancer centre in Kamloops is targeted to open in 2028. BC Cancer patient Brenda Partridge’s journey shows how bringing radiation treatment closer to home will make a meaningful difference for patients in the region.https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bringing-cancer-care-closer-to-home-kamloops-brenda-partridge2026-01-26T08:00:00Z
BC Cancer – Victoria's Ernie & Yvonne Yakimovich Integrated Care and Research Pavilion officially opens to patients<img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Picture1.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />BC Cancer – Victoria's Ernie & Yvonne Yakimovich Integrated Care and Research Pavilion officially opens to patientsThe Ernie & Yvonne Yakimovich Integrated Care and Research Pavilion is a major expansion to the BC Cancer – Victoria campus that will enhance critical Supportive Care services for nearly 1,000 patients each year.https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/bc-cancer-–-victorias-ernie-yvonne-yakimovich-integrated-care-and-research-pavilion-officially-opens-to-patients2025-11-24T08:00:00Z
Mural at BC Cancer - Surrey features Indigenous medicine as art<img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/artist%20next%20to%20mural.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Mural at BC Cancer - Surrey features Indigenous medicine as artWhen tasked with creating Indigenous art in the stairwells at BC Cancer – Surrey, Eliot White-Hill Kwulasultun drew on inspiration from his late great-grandmother, Indigenous patients and facility staff.https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/mural-at-bc-cancer-surrey-features-indigenous-medicine-as-art2025-11-03T08:00:00Z