BC Cancer Agency

• B.C. woman fighting cancer denied immunotherapy drug due to trial period

  Soledad Ronco struggled through chemotherapy while also receiving the immunotherapy drug Keytruda to keep the triple-negative breast cancer at bay.

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  Aug 8, 2024
  
• B.C. to offer Canada’s first at-home, self-screening test for cervical cancer

  About 200 people are diagnosed with cervical cancer a year in the province, Premier David Eby said Tuesday morning at a press conference.

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  Jan 9, 2024
  
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• ‘Didn’t even put her in the ring’: B.C. family says health care system failed their mom

  The family would call the BC Cancer Agency multiple times a week but they could never find out where Saikali was in the queue to be seen. They were told to call back.

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  Dec 14, 2023
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• B.C. woman says she was denied cancer care after treatment in the U.S.

  So she took matters into her own hands and decided to get chemotherapy in Bellingham, Wash., and pay the US$10,000 cost herself because she said the wait in B.C. was too long.

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  Dec 14, 2023
• Slow uptick for B.C. patients travelling to Washington state for cancer treatment

  In total, 1,310 patients in British Columbia were referred to Bellingham, Wash., for treatment and 533 of those people were deemed eligible.

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  Nov 28, 2023
• B.C. woman gets surgery in U.S., says wait times at home could have cost her life

  Peritoneal carcinomatosis is caused by a primary cancer that has spread throughout the abdomen. It is rare but also requires a specific treatment plan in most cases.

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  Nov 27, 2023
• ‘Preparing for disfigurement’: Wait for B.C. cancer surgery leaves time for nurse’s tumour to grow

  "From the time I was diagnosed with the metastatic stage 3 cancer to the time I'm actually getting surgery is four months," Fayra Krueger said.

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  Nov 21, 2022
• ‘It’s anxiety-provoking’: B.C. residents waiting months for results of pap tests

  Dr. Anna Wolak, a family physician in Vancouver, said she has been warning her patients for months about a worrying backlog in test results for routine cancer screening. 

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  Nov 1, 2022
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• B.C. registered nurse shares health care response to cancer diagnosis

  “It's crucial that people know the type of delays that are happening and, in a situation, as myself, it really could be life or death," said Fayra Krueger, a B.C. registered nurse.

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  Oct 31, 2022
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• Regional cancer centre to be part of second Surrey hospital

  A regional cancer centre will be built as part of the second Surrey hospital, which is slated to be built in Cloverdale beside the Kwantlen Polytechnic University campus.

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  Aug 6, 2020