Kitamaat toddler's life saved thanks to clinical trials at B.C. Children's Hospital

(January 3, 2025)
A clinical trials super hub is a new program that supports access to clinical trials for B.C. children when no standard treatment is available (article from the Vancouver Sun).

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New study explores patient preferences to improve data sharing for precision oncology across Canada

(December 10, 2024)
The findings from a BCCHR study played a part in integrating the multiple breath washout test into recent recommendations to screen children for pulmonary chronic graft-versus-host disease.

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Cancer-like mutations in healthy cells point to origins of breast cancer

(November 26, 2024)
Researchers at BC Cancer have pinpointed what could be the early genetic origins of breast cancer—cancer-like mutations appearing in the cells of healthy women.

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Significant findings of childhood to adulthood hypertension study will help inform kidney disease study

(November 12, 2024)
A new BC Renal study shows children with high blood pressure are more than two times as likely to experience a major cardiovascular complication by early adulthood.

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Study identifies improved chances of a successful second kidney transplant

(November 7, 2024)
A new BC Renal study shows that some patients who have experienced prior kidney transplant failure and have high mismatches with their donors may benefit from staying on immunosuppressant medication.

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More research news & stories

• BC Cancer eliminates exam paper, saves 32 tonnes of emissions (BC Cancer)
  
• Scientists discover high-risk form of endometrial cancer — and how to test for it — using AI (BC Cancer)
  
• Collaboration was key to discovery about newborn immunity (BC Children's)
  
• A decade of work advances care for children with cancer (BC Children's)
  
• First systemic therapy patient enrolled in a clinical trial in Prince George (BC Cancer)
  
• Phase 2 trial finds new drug (cemdisiran) safe, potentially effective for treating IgA nephropathy (BC Renal)
  
• New study suggests Kidney Failure Risk Equation can support timely creation of vascular access points for kidney patients (BC Renal)
  
• PHSA's Research Roadmap