Francois Benard

 fbenard@bccrc.ca

• Senior Scientist, BC Cancer Research Centre
• Associate Professor, UBC
• Associate Professor,  Medicine,  UBC

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Department:	Molecular Oncology and Breast Cancer Program (@ the BCCRC since 2008)
Research Role:	Senior Scientist
Education:	Research Fellowship (Positron Emission Tomography), University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1998 Fellowship (Nuclear Medicine), Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada, 1995 MD, Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada, 1991 College, Seminaire de Sherbrooke, Canada, 1987
Birthplace:	Quebec, Canada
Phone:	604-675-8206

Research Interests:

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Nuclear Medicine

Cancer Imaging

Advanced cancer imaging techniques can be used in a range of research applications, for example as non-invasive methods of monitoring the response of primary and metastatic tumours to chemotherapy. Technologies such as positron emission topography combined with computational tomography (PET/CT) go beyond the simple imaging of tumour location and size to allow visualization of blood vessel formation, cell division, and even the presence of specific molecules such as hormone receptors.

My research programme will encompass several breast cancer clinical trials; the overall aim is to determine how combining PET/CT imaging with conventional genetic tumour classification can improve decision making and prognosis assessment for women with hormone-responsive breast tumours. I am also involved in testing novel markers that can be used in PET/CT imaging to further characterize breast tumours.

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