Delivering the promise of longer and healthier lives

The donations you make to the BC Cancer Foundation towards funding research at the BC Cancer Agency have a direct effect on prevention and reducing cancer mortality rates and improving the quality of life for people with cancer in British Columbia. All donations stay in B.C., improving the lives of your family, friends and neighbours both now and in the future.

A few more reasons why investing in the BC Cancer Foundation for research at the BC Cancer Agency is a smart choice:

• The BC Cancer Agency has a strong integration of clinical practice and research, called translational research. Innovative and leading-edge clinicians are attracted to organizations that embed research in daily practice.
  
• Our province has the potential to make a global impact in cancer treatment and care. BC is already a leader, with the best cancer outcomes in Canada.
  
• The BC Cancer Agency’s Genome Sciences Centres, which donors first invested in five years ago, has proven to be a huge success - showing that through genomic research we will see a huge impact on cancer outcomes. This is one of the key research areas of the BC Cancer Agency.
  
• Your donations provide the funding for innovative, cancer treatment ideas. These ideas include developing vaccines against early-stage cancers or abnormal cells before they become cancers.
  
• The BC Cancer Agency is building research in new areas, such as the biology of early-stage cancers, which could allow us to detect cancers earlier and open the door to huge gains.
  
• Research is leading into treatments that are tailored to individuals based on their genetic makeup, called personalized medicine.