#bccancer — Public Fediverse posts
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B.C. research: New blood test could 'transform' cancer treatment | CTV News https://bc.ctvnews.ca/new-blood-test-could-transform-cancer-treatment-b-c-research-1.6006877 https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/new-blood-test-could-transform-cancer-treatment-b-c-research-1.6006877?cache=yesclipId10406200text/html;charset=utf-80404/7.263352 “researchers at #BCCancer and the Vancouver #Prostate Centre said they've developed a new blood test that provides "unprecedented" insight into a patient's cancer make-up.
"analyzes the DNA that #metastatic #cancers shed into the bloodstream, known as circulating tumour DNA or #ctDNA,"
helps to reveal characteristics that are unique to each patient's cancer, “
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“Others, like nine-year-old Sawyer Sutton and his family, travel more than 800 kilometres from Cranbrook to #BCChildren's Hospital in Vancouver to receive treatment for Juvenile Crohn's disease.
In an email to CBC News, #PHSA said approximately 500 patients from throughout the #Kootenay region travel to a #BCCancer centre every year, for an average of 12.5 days of radiation treatment.”
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/medical-patients-travel-east-kootenay-1.7152760 “Medical patients in B.C.'s #EastKootenay region are calling for more support as many are forced to travel for the care they need.
According to the Provincial Health Services Authority (#PHSA), #cancer patients throughout the #Kootenay region who need radiation therapy must travel to a #BCCancer centre in #Kelowna or another part of the province for treatment. (1/2)