VPC News

The National Cancer Institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded an $11.3 million, five-year competitive grant renewal to the Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE). Drs. Martin Gleave and Christopher Ong of the Vancouver...

Prostate Cancer Canada has annouced the recipients of the initial Movember Discovery Grants. Fourty grants were awarded in total from a record 154 applications. The grants are funded for two years to a maximum of $200,000 each. Drs. Cherkasov, Collins, Dong and Goldenberg lead four of the...

Toronto, ON – June 11, 2013 – Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC) is proud to announce the recipients of the inaugural Movember Team Grants. The program promotes collaboration between not only researchers but also institutions, providing a united approach to prostate cancer research. The recipient group...

The VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation's 2013 Mr. Lube Tournament for Life raised a record $370,000 to support care, research and education at the Vancouver Prostate Centre. Thank you to our sponsors, golfers, guests, donors and volunteers for making this event such a success. Further information is at...

Dr. Martin Gleave, BC Leadership Chair in Prostate Cancer Research, UBC Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Vancouver Prostate Centre, is the 2013 recipient of the Barringer Medal from the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS). This award is presented by the AAGUS...

Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC) has established ‘A Survivorship Action Partnership’ (ASAP) to help improve the lives of prostate cancer survivors and their partners, caregivers and family members across Canada. The network, led by PCC and funded by Movember, met on Feb. 26 and 27 in Vancouver to share...

Dr. Martin Gleave, BC Leadership Chair in Prostate Cancer Research, UBC Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Vancouver Prostate Centre, is the 2013 recipient of the Eugene Fuller Triennial Prostate Award from the American Urological Association. The Eugene Fuller Triennial Prostate...

The Vancouver Prostate Centre's PC-TRiADD program has recieved an additional award of $11.3 million for 2013 - 2018. Please read our press release here (PDF) . A link to the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research story is here.

Congratulations to Dr. Amina Zoubeidi for being one of nine recipients of the 2012 Career Investigator Award, Scholar (Biomedical) from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. Click here for further information.

In the June 12, 2012 issue of the Vancouver Sun, Dr. Larry Goldenberg discusses the issue of PSA screening for prostate cancer. Read the full article here.