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B.C. to offer Canada’s first at-home, self-screening test for cervical cancerAbout 200 people are diagnosed with cervical cancer a year in the province, Premier David Eby said Tuesday morning at a press conference.HealthJan 9
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‘Didn’t even put her in the ring’: B.C. family says health care system failed their momThe 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.HealthDec 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.HealthDec 14, 2023
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Slow uptick for B.C. patients travelling to Washington state for cancer treatmentIn total, 1,310 patients in British Columbia were referred to Bellingham, Wash., for treatment and 533 of those people were deemed eligible.HealthNov 28, 2023
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B.C. woman gets surgery in U.S., says wait times at home could have cost her lifePeritoneal 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.HealthNov 27, 2023
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‘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.HealthNov 21, 2022
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‘It’s anxiety-provoking’: B.C. residents waiting months for results of pap testsDr. 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.HealthNov 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.HealthOct 31, 2022
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Regional cancer centre to be part of second Surrey hospitalA 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.HealthAug 6, 2020
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B.C. cancer researcher named one of Chatelaine’s Women of the Year'Research is all about failure. If we knew the answers, we would already have found them,' Eaves told Global News.Dec 4, 2019
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