B.C. Cancer Agency

• B.C. cancer patient denied chemo due to condition of homeless shelter

  The 50-year-old is facing his second fight against blood cancer in seven years, but he says his oncologist won't start chemotherapy treatments because the shelter where he lives in not a suitable recovery environment.

  Sep 25, 2018
  
• Did a Princeton man die from health care neglect? IHA completes review

  But we won’t know much about what that review found, IHA says privacy laws restrict it from sharing many details.

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  Oct 12, 2016
  
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• KSS champions cancer week fundraisers in memory of former student

  A school-wide assembly was held on Tuesday to kick off KSS cancer week, in attendance was Connor Cochrane’s brother...

  May 17, 2016
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• ‘This man was clearly disfigured from cancerous lesions’: reaction after death of Princeton man

  "People shouldn't have to wait and people shouldn't have to die for things that can be treated," says Tina Krause.

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  Feb 4, 2016
• New drug for prostate cancer begins human trials

  A new prostate cancer drug is entering human clinical trials in B.C. designed to target and shut down cancer when all other treatments have failed.

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  Dec 2, 2015
• Made-in-B.C. cancer treatment research gives Kelowna man hope

  Connor had exhausted all of his treatment options and lost hope. Until he was asked to participate in a pilot study for a new way to treat cancer patients called the Personalized Onco-Genomics program (POG).

  Nov 10, 2015
• Should PSA test be free for all men in B.C.?

  Now some Okanagan residents are urging B.C. to follow in the footsteps of other provinces and make the test free for all men.

  Oct 13, 2015
• Princeton father battling cancer finally scheduled for treatment

  n Wednesday, he met with a doctor at the Kelowna cancer clinic and was told he would be starting chemo-therapy this Friday.

  Apr 29, 2015
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• Glimmer of hope for Princeton father battling cancer

  What complicates things even more is that Cosman is also a parapalegic as a result of a mining accident 10 years ago.

  Apr 27, 2015