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Executive Director of Vancouver Prostate Center Chosen as 'Local Hero' for Contributions to Fight Disease That Affects One in Six Men in Their Lifetime VANCOUVER, April 21, 2011 (original story at CNW) Steve Jones, President and CEO, Prostate Cancer Canada and members of the business community today...

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Made a New Year’s resolution to get in shape, or stay in shape? Sign up for the fifth annual Harry’s Spring Run-Off 8K To Fight Prostate Cancer on March 20 in Stanley Park and help raise money for prostate cancer research at the Vancouver Prostate Centre. Register now at Canada Running Series and...

Dr. Zoubeidi of Vancouver Prostate Centre one of four to receive award Vancouver, BC – Today, the Terry Fox Foundation (TFF) announced funding of $1.8 million in career awards to four promising scientists under its New Investigator (NI) Awards program. Three researchers working in British Columbia...

Vancouver, British Columbia — Two Vancouver researchers are tackling the deadliest forms of prostate cancer,t he most commonly diagnosed male cancer in Canada, using a brand new field of genomics called computational chemogenomics. This new approach uses computer modeling in virtual 3D to predict...

The Vancouver Prostate Centre today announced a one-year collaborative project with Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation. The project will use cutting-edge technology to identify and validate the molecular targets that predict cancer sensitivity or insensitivity to specific inhibitors. Ultimately...

The Vancouver Sun is running a series of articles on prostate cancer this week. Monday, Sept 27: Overview: A look at the statistics and growing awareness of prostate cancer in B.C Live Chat (archived): Dr. Larry Goldenberg, Urologic surgeon and Clinical Research Director, Vancouver Prostate Centre...

The results from a Phase II clinical trial of OGX-011, lead by Dr. Kim Chi, have been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. OGX-011 was developed at the Vancouver Prostate Centre, and is now moving to Phase III trials. Further details describing the development of OGX-011 were recently the...

Two Vancouver-based “Centres of Excellence in Commercialization in Research” Leverage Resources and Expertise to Develop Anti-Cancer Therapeutics VANCOUVER, BC – The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) and the Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) today announced that they have signed a...