BC Cancer Agency

BC Cancer Agency

The BC Cancer Agency is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority in British Columbia, Canada.

Mission

The Agency has a three-part mission:
* To reduce the incidence of cancer.
* To reduce the mortality rate of people with cancer.
* To improve the quality of life of people living with cancer.

Facilities

The Agency operates four regional cancer care centres (and another opening in 2008) and the BC Cancer Research Centre, with departments in Vancouver and in [http://www.bccrc.ca/drc/index.html?h Victoria] .Essentially all radiotherapy services in British Columbia are provided by the BCCA, as well as a majority of chemotherapy services. The agency provides clinics in areas remote from the four main cancer centres, to provide cover for rural British Columbia and the Yukon. In addition, the agency provides prostate brachytherapy services to Saskatchewan province.

Fundraising

By raising funds in the community, the [http://www.bccancerfoundation.com/cms/ BC Cancer Foundation] an independent charitable organization, provides direct support for research and enhancements to care at the BC Cancer Agency.

The Foundation has offices in all five of the BC Cancer's Agency's treatment centres - Abbotsford, Fraser Valley, Southern Interior, Vancouver Island and Vancouver.

ee also

* BC Cancer Foundation

ources

* [http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/ABCCA/default.htm About BCCA]
* [http://www.bccancerfoundation.com About the BC Cancer Foundation, an independent charitable organization that supports research and care at BC Cancer Agency]


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