About the BC Cancer Foundation, Southern Interior

Donations to the BC Cancer Foundation provides important contributions solely to the BC Cancer Agency for research breakthroughs which will lead to better care and to the newest and most innovative treatments being available to residents of the Southern Interior region. Donations also provide and support enhancements to care and treatment.

The Southern Interior office of the BC Cancer Foundation is located in the same building where patients receive their treatment in Kelowna.

How you can help
Your support means so much to many cancer patients in the Southern Interior and one of the best ways to help is through a financial donation. Or join the many businesses, community groups, schools and service clubs who help us every year by holding a special “third-party” fundraising event. Fundraising with friends, family or coworkers is a great way to support the work of the BC Cancer Foundation.

World-class care, closer to home
The BC Cancer Agency, Centre for the Southern Interior enhances the agency’s ability to pursue innovation and research to improve patient outcomes in the province.  The Centre for the Southern Interior is one of five regional centres in Abbotsford, Vancouver, Victoria and Fraser Valley that provide best cancer care possible for the population of B.C. with the most state-of-the-art equipment available today and access to clinical trials and research advances.

The BC Cancer Agency’s Centre for the Southern Interior is linked to a province-wide system of cancer control, which includes a registry to track cancer outcomes and effectiveness of treatments, and provincial tumor groups which establish treatment protocols based on the best evidence available.

The BC Cancer Agency’s Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior, provides a comprehensive cancer control system for a population of over 700,000. The large geographical area served is over 250,000 square kilometers which spans from Princeton along the border, to the Alberta border, to Quesnel in the north and Lytton in the west.

BC Cancer Agency, Centre for the Southern Interior is committed to the principles of: 

• Best care
• Care closer to home
• Advancing cancer treatment through research.

We have excellent and comprehensive programs in systemic and radiation therapy and pain and symptom management/palliative care. We have support programs in nursing, nutrition and patient and family counselling. Our services are strongly supported by a dedicated team of volunteers. Enhanced cancer programs and services are supported by the BC Cancer Foundation.

Researchers at BC Cancer Agency, Centre for the Southern Interior actively lead, and are involved in a range of translational research projects in collaboration with researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of British Columbia – Okanagan, National Cancer Institute of Canada and elsewhere.

Guided Tours
If you are interested in a tour of the Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior  the BC Cancer Foundation coordinates tours of the clinic with medical staff. Please contact director of development Cynthia Waldek-Peters at 250.712.3910, toll free 1.866.230.9988 or by email at cwaldekpeters@bccancer.bc.ca