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AUGUST 2016
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Leading-edge VERO™ Installed at BC Cancer Agency
 VERO™, the most cutting-edge radiotherapy technology in Canada, was recently installed at the BC Cancer Agency. It will soon benefit patients diagnosed with rare and hard-to-treat cancers.
The generosity of BC Cancer Foundation donors provided an incredible $6.5 million to purchase VERO™.
Watch a time-lapsed video of the full VERO™ installation.
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Paralympian Ready to Tackle Cypress Mountain in Memory of Father
 Donovan Tildesley remembers the day he learned his dad, Hugh, had been diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer.
“We all knew the prognosis was ultimately fatal it was just a question of how much longer he had to live,” he said.
Always a huge supporter of his son, Hugh had coached Donovan to four Paralympic Games and five medals in the sport of swimming. Donovan, who is blind, will be participating in the Glotman Simpson Cypress Challenge on August 14 in memory of his father.
He’ll be taking on the 12km trek up Cypress Mountain on a tandem bicycle, and has set a personal goal to raise $10,000 for the event, which supports pancreatic cancer research at the BC Cancer Agency. You can help Donovan reach his goal - visit his team's fundraising page.
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Program Funded By BC Cancer Foundation Donors Wins Award
 Congratulations to Dr. Rasika Rajapakshe, medical physicist at the BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior, and his team for receiving the Top Innovation - Award of Merit at the BC Health Care Awards.
They were recognized for their work in developing a program (funded by BC Cancer Foundation donors) that reduces potential collisions that can take place between radiation machines and patients undergoing External Beam Radiation Therapy. Read more breakthroughs BC Cancer Foundation donors helped support here.
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Support a Rider Today
 The Ride to Conquer Cancer, presented by Silver Wheaton, takes place August 27-28 and is the largest cancer fundraising event in British Columbia. If you know someone who is taking part in the Ride, or whose life has been touched by cancer, show your support and help advance cancer care for patients across our province.
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Follow Guest Blogger Lindsay DeVorkin
Lindsay, a postdoctoral fellow at the BC Cancer Agency’s Deeley Research Centre, is investigating the role of autophagy in the tumour microenvironment and how it can be modulated to enhance the immune response against cancer.
Learn more about Lindsay’s work.
Kicking Cancer
Langley United Kicking Cancer, an all-ages 18 hour soccer relay, recently raised over $10,000 for the BC Cancer Foundation, bringing their three year total to close to $50,000!
Learn how you can create your own fundraising event.
Improving Treatment Options for Lymphoid Cancer
BC Cancer Foundation’s Hope Couture takes place September 14 - the popular fashion show, luncheon and auction will be raising funds in support of a Single Cell Genomics Suite at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre for Lymphoid Cancer.
Did You Know?
Recent BC Cancer Agency publications on breast, colon, prostate and ovarian cancers are ranked among the top 1% most-cited in the world!
Learn more of these incredible facts in our 2016 Impact Report.
More Upcoming Events
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