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Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2026-02-17 · 19:43 UTC

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-cancer-integrate-exercise-prehabilitation-9.7087920

“BC Cancer is looking to integrate exercise into its recovery program for cancer patients as soon as they're diagnosed, with one Kelowna doctor saying that research has shown that "prehabilitation" with exercise helps with long-term recovery.”

#BCCancer

#bccancer

Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2024-07-11 · 17:00 UTC

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, “

#bccancer #prostate #metastatic #cancers #ctdna

Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2024-03-25 · 17:11 UTC

“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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#phsa #kootenay #bccancer #bcchildren

Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2024-03-25 · 17:11 UTC

“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.”

(2/2)

#phsa #kootenay #bccancer #bcchildren

Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2024-03-25 · 17:11 UTC

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)

#eastkootenay #phsa #cancer #kootenay #bccancer #kelowna

Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2024-03-25 · 17:11 UTC

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)