| Pathways to Your Purpose Career Fair connects Indigenous youth to exciting careers | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/2026-05-21-Indigenous-youth-fair.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Pathways to Your Purpose Career Fair connects Indigenous youth to exciting careers | A hands-on career fair introduced Indigenous youth to opportunities in health care, construction and beyond, highlighting future roles at the new BC Cancer centre in Nanaimo. | https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/pathways-to-your-purpose-career-fair | | 2026-05-26T07:00:00Z | | |
| A first-in-Canada cancer treatment innovation at BC Cancer – Kelowna | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/BC%20Cancer%20News%20story%20(18).jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | A first-in-Canada cancer treatment innovation at BC Cancer – Kelowna | A groundbreaking team of physicians and medical physicists at BC Cancer – Kelowna are using 3D printing technology to improve brachytherapy, a specialized radiation therapy modality, for people with cervical, vaginal and recurrent endometrial cancers. | https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/a-first-in-canada-cancer-treatment-innovation-at-bc-cancer-–-kelowna | | 2026-06-01T07:00:00Z | | |
| New blood test breakthrough advances early detection and prevention in hereditary cancer | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Kasmintan%20Schrader_photo.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | New blood test breakthrough advances early detection and prevention in hereditary cancer | The blood test reveals whether a cancer-causing mutation came from the mother’s or father’s side of the family, helping identify which relatives may be at risk. | https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/new-blood-test-breakthrough-advances-early-detection-and-prevention-in-hereditary-cancer | | 2026-06-18T07:00:00Z | | |
| Email and text (SMS) notifications for BC Cancer screening letters now available on Health Gateway | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/HealthGateway.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Email and text (SMS) notifications for BC Cancer screening letters now available on Health Gateway | | https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/email-and-text-(sms)-notifications-for-bc-cancer-screening-letters-now-available-on-health-gateway | | 2026-05-19T07:00:00Z | | |
| Sun safety adds up: Protect your skin with a sun safety equation this summer | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/8.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Sun safety adds up: Protect your skin with a sun safety equation this summer | Skin cancers are primarily caused by long-term exposure to UV radiation from the sun. They’re the most common form of all cancers in Canada. The good news? Most cases are preventable, and small steps add up to better protection. | https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/sun-safety-adds-up-protect-your-skin-with-a-sun-safety-equation-this-summer | | 2026-05-29T07:00:00Z | | |
| 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 story | The 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-partridge | | 2026-01-26T08:00:00Z | | |
| 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 BC | January 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-bc | | 2026-01-28T08:00:00Z | | |
| 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 cent | | https://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/canadian-surgical-innovation-cuts-ovarian-cancer-risk-by-nearly-80-per-cent | | 2026-02-02T08:00:00Z | | |
| 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 opportunities | The 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-opportunities | | 2026-02-04T08:00:00Z | | |
| 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-lymphoma | | 2026-03-10T07:00:00Z | | |
