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New research shows melanoma rates on the increase in British Columbia
Melanoma rates are on the rise in British Columbia. In the last decade, these rates have increased by 15.4 percent. The melanoma rate in women is increasing much faster than the rate in men. In 2011,...
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Nanaimo Underwear Affair gala to raise awareness for below the waist cancers
If there’s one thing Brynn Logan knows how to do it’s to throw a party that keeps people talking for days, weeks, even months. After all, where else could you find a live panty action? But...
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Recent study reveals common cold virus may help cure cancer
The common cold might be a nuisance but scientists are hopeful that one day it may help to cure cancer. The reovirus usually causes infections like the common cold. However, scientists at the...
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Nanaimo Underwear Affair Fundraiser Gala Huge Success
The Gala Fundraiser was a night of fun and entertainment for all who attended the event. Brynn Logan had a vision and her hard work and determination along with the help of her team of volunteers...
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Colorectal Screening Program expands in Saskatchewan
Soon some of the residents in the Southeast Saskatchewan will receive potentially lifesaving news in the mail as the colorectal screening program expands to the Sun Country Health Region. The early...
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Knowing your family cancer risk could save your life
Nearly three years ago, Dr. J. Salvador Saldivar began is clinical practice as a gynecologic oncologist at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Dr. Saldivar was especially...
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Strangers come to the aid of a 7-year old girl with cancer
The last thing the Hulmes family expected was to be dependent on the kind acts of strangers, but it was exactly this kindness that helps them through a nearly unbearable time.7-year old Maya Hulme...
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Link between prostate cancer and retrovirus in mice leads to huge...
After the excitement of the established link between prostate cancer and the retrovirus, and what that could do for treating prostate cancer; the let down is immense when the news came that this link...
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October is breast cancer awareness month (Video)
October is breast cancer awareness month and that means it’s time to talk about it – breast cancer that is. There’s no question that awareness has helped to save lives as more women make sure they...
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Movember spouts moustaches and prostate cancer awareness and funds (Video)
What do you get when you cross November and mustaches? You get Movember when hundreds of thousands of men grow mustaches to raise both funds and awareness of prostate cancer.On Movember 1st clean...
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Canadian cervical cancer awareness and support group now available online
For women diagnosed with cervical cancer in Canada the number of local support groups is minimal. Shawnna Taylor found this out first hand when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. With no local...
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Superfoods could cause cancer (Video)
In recent years, superfoods have been promoted as a tool in reducing the risk of cancer and other serious diseases. However, now it seems that thinking may have been wrong, and that superfoods could...
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Mothers Cope With Child’s Cancer Through Problem Solving Training (Video)
Previous research showed how mothers are the glue behind the family unit. When a child is diagnosed with cancer if the mother is unable to cope and highly stressed it will affect her other children...
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Philanthropic support results in Vancouver Island Cancer Center Expansion...
The Alex & Jo Campbell Patient and Family Support Centre honors the commitment of Inspire the World Chair Alex A. Campbell and the family’s $1 million gift to the campaign. Campbell and other...
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2013 Las Vegas OMG young adult cancer summit a success (Video)
The OMG 2013 young adult cancer summit was held in Las Vegas at the Palms Casino and Resort from April 25 to 28, and organizers feel it was a huge success. During the three-day summit around 500 young...
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Young girl with deadly Glioblastoma cancer has "Dancing in the Rain" wish...
Lilee Jean and her family have been dealt the most unfair of blows. Back in Oct 21, 2011 Andrew Put and Chelsey Whittle were told their little girl Lilee Jean, fondly called LJ, had Glioblastoma a...
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2013 Nanaimo Underwear Affair Fundraising takes new look with online auction...
It was back in 2009 that Brynn Logan first started raising money for the BC Cancer Foundation's Underwear Affair. To date she has raised a lot of money, especially for what can only be described as a...
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BC Rallies behind parents after Lilee Jean Putt succumbs to deadly...
On the Love for Lilee Facebook page Friday evening Lilee Jean’s parents Andrew Putt and Chelsea Whittle wrote:“It is With broken hearts we make this post.. As of 5:25pm, our princess Lilee-Jean...
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Help needed finding young cancer patient’s lamb at BCCH
Yesterday while 5-year-old Sean Thomas was being treated at BCCH, Lambie went missing. Lambie is Sean’s stuffed lamb and his security. That lamb has been with Sean from the earliest days of his cancer...
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Fund raiser for 5 year old Vancouver boy acute lymphoblastic leukemia B returns
October 6, 2011 and January 29, 2014 are two days that Sean’s mom, Tina Richardson will never forget.October 6, 2011 was the day her world would change forever. In 2013 Sean was still under active...
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