The Cancer Control Research Program in Christmas 2006

The major effort of the Cancer Control Research (CCR) Program is directed toward reducing cancer incidence and mortality in B.C. through innovative research projects. The program also plays a key role in the BC Cancer Agency's cancer control activities by monitoring the impact of cancer by region of the province, and by assessing the referral trends for the Agency's cancer clinics. CCR staff are also involved in the scientific direction of the BC Cancer Registry.

The unit has active programs in a number of areas, including: occupational epidemiology, brain cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, skin cancer, non-hodgkin's lymphoma and genetic biomarkers. Funding for these programs comes from international, national, provincial and local agencies. Over the years, CCR has established active collaborative research with other well known centres such as the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Stanford University, University of Hawaii and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon.

CCR Scientists play an active role in Canada, serving on panels for the National Cancer Institute of Canada, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and other funding bodies. The CCR is actively developing expertise in the use of genetic and other markers in epidemiologic studies including developing software which differentiates malignant melanomas from benign pigmented lesions.

More information about CCR can be found in the following pages:

Cancer Control Research Program
BC Cancer Agency
2-111, 675 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
Canada V5Z 1L3
Phone: 604-675-8051
Fax: 604-675-8180