Short description
The BCCA, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, is renowned world wide for leading edge research and its population-based approach to cancer care. The mission of the BCCA is to reduce the incidence of cancer; to reduce the mortality rate of people with cancer; and to improve the quality of life of people living with cancer. With more than 2000 employees, the BCCA provides a comprehensive cancer control program for the people of British Columbia which links prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment, supportive care, rehabilitation, palliative care, education, research, and support for community programs. In recognition that its provincial mandate to effect cancer control for the province cannot be realized via current methods of cancer treatment that are aimed at treatment of late stage disease, the BCCA has placed emphasis upon translational research to spearhead new modalities in cancer control, particularly those aimed at early detection and more effective therapeutic interventions.