Cancer Control Research

Our Focus

Cancer Control Research (CCR) conducts internationally recognized research on cancer etiology, prevention and surveillance; screening and early detection; diagnosis, treatment and supportive care; through to rehabilitation and survivorship.

CCR

This includes research into the epidemiological, biological, behavioral, social determinants of cancer risk; cancer surveillance and early detection; evidence based medicine, clinical trials research and real world effectiveness; improving patient satisfaction and health outcomes; precision medicine and its impact on society; patient and public engagement; the cost-effectiveness of cancer interventions; and cancer survivorship.

The Department is a critical part of the Learning Health System in BC. It directly supports BC Cancer by integrating population based research within BC’s population based comprehensive cancer control program.

Programs and Platform & Principal Investigators

BC Generations Project (BCGP)

BC Oral Cancer Prevention Program (BC OCPP)

Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC)

Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention

Cervical Cancer Prevention and HPV Screening (HPV FOCAL)

Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors Program (CAYACS)

Dermatology and Skin Sciences in Cancer

Gene-Environment Interactions in Cancer Research (GENIC)

Health Economics Analytic Support and Research Unit (HEASRU)

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cancer Prevention

Regier Lab

News & Events

Increased screening rates could see cervical cancer eliminated within the next decade

A BC Cancer-authored paper in the Canadian Association Medical Journal (CAMJ) has concluded that, with increased HPV screening rates, cervical cancer can be eliminated in Canada by almost a decade earlier than the federal government target of 2040.

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Dean Regier appointed Chair for the new Regulatory Advisory Council at Academy of Translational Medicine

Dr. Regier will provide leadership to establish the Regulatory Advisory Council and the Academy of Translational Medicine as leaders in regulatory affairs in Canada, and guide the evolving regulatory and health policy landscapes to advance the translation of scientific discoveries into solutions that improve patient care, therapeutics and research knowledge.

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Roche Canada Announces Collaboration to Improve Access to Personalized Healthcare with Real World Evidence

BC Cancer, CPHIN and Roche Canada will co-create an evidence-generating framework to leverage real-world data and facilitate cost-effective access to targeted treatments for cancer patients.

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Dr. Stuart Peacock elected as new Fellow into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Dr. Stuart Peacock was elected as a new Fellow into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). Fellows have demonstrated, through their careers and lives, that they are committed to their field of expertise in many ways.

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Recent Publications

Allocating healthcare resources to genomic testing in Canada: latest evidence and current challenges.

Journal of community genetics, 2022

Weymann, Deirdre, Dragojlovic, Nick, Pollard, Samantha, Regier, Dean A

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Methylome-wide association study provides evidence of particulate matter air pollution-associated DNA methylation.

Environment international, 2019

Gondalia, Rahul, Baldassari, Antoine, Holliday, Katelyn M, Justice, Anne E, Méndez-Giráldez, Raúl, Stewart, James D, Liao, Duanping, Yanosky, Jeff D, Brennan, Kasey J M, Engel, Stephanie M, Jordahl, Kristina M, Kennedy, Elizabeth, Ward-Caviness, Cavin K, Wolf, Kathrin, Waldenberger, Melanie, Cyrys, Josef, Peters, Annette, Bhatti, Parveen, Horvath, Steve, Assimes, Themistocles L, Pankow, James S, Demerath, Ellen W, Guan, Weihua, Fornage, Myriam, Bressler, Jan, North, Kari E, Conneely, Karen N, Li, Yun, Hou, Lifang, Baccarelli, Andrea A, Whitsel, Eric A

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Differential DNA methylation in blood as a mediator of the association between cigarette smoking and bladder cancer risk among postmenopausal women.

Epigenetics, 2019

Jordahl, Kristina M, Phipps, Amanda I, Randolph, Timothy W, Tindle, Hilary A, Liu, Simin, Tinker, Lesley F, Kelsey, Karl T, White, Emily, Bhatti, Parveen

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