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Young Women Get Breast Cancer Too

Young Women Get Breast Cancer Too

A research team has created a series of videos about the risk of early breast cancer associated with cigarette smoking and second-hand smoke.

Oct 15, 2013

Breast Cancer Awareness Month leaves LGBT community out of the conversation

Breast Cancer Awareness Month leaves LGBT community out of the conversation

Mary Bryson on how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities experience breast and gynecological cancers.

Oct 7, 2013

Scientists re-write rulebook on breast cancer in landmark global study

Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency and University of British Columbia have identified new breast cancer genes that could change the way the disease is diagnosed and form the basis of next-generation treatments.

Apr 18, 2012

UBC profs and BC Cancer Agency team decode entire genome of metastatic breast cancer

Prof. Sam Aparicio of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Canada Research Chair in Molecular Oncology, and Prof. of Medical Genetics Marco Marra, create landmark genome that illuminates cancer development and offers new hope for fighting the disease.

Oct 8, 2009

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