Our Focus

Population Health Sciences (formerly known as Cancer Control Research) 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

News & Events

Exploring inequities in access to life-saving genetic testing for patients with advanced ovarian cancer

A pan-Canadian research team led by Dr. Helen McTaggart-Cowan, a BC Cancer scientist, will receive $183,500 through a new Patient Voices in Research Initiative from the Terry Fox Research Institute’s Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network (the Network) to examine barriers to accessing homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) testing for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Recent Publications

Variants in genes encoding small GTPases and association with epithelial ovarian cancer susceptibility.

PloS one, 2018
Earp, Madalene, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Winham, Stacey J, Lin, Hui-Yi, Chornokur, Ganna, Dennis, Joe, Aben, Katja K H, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia, Bandera, Elisa V, Bean, Yukie T, Beckmann, Matthias W, Bjorge, Line, Bogdanova, Natalia, Brinton, Louise A, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Bruinsma, Fiona, Bunker, Clareann H, Butzow, Ralf, Campbell, Ian G, Carty, Karen, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Cook, Linda S, Cramer, Daniel W, Cunningham, Julie M, Cybulski, Cezary, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka, Despierre, Evelyn, Doherty, Jennifer A, Dörk, Thilo, du Bois, Andreas, Dürst, Matthias, Easton, Douglas F, Eccles, Diana M, Edwards, Robert P, Ekici, Arif B, Fasching, Peter A, Fridley, Brooke L, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Giles, Graham G, Glasspool, Rosalind, Goodman, Marc T, Gronwald, Jacek, Harter, Philipp, Hein, Alexander, Heitz, Florian, Hildebrandt, Michelle A T, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogdall, Claus K, Høgdall, Estrid, Hosono, Satoyo, Iversen, Edwin S, Jakubowska, Anna, Jensen, Allan, Ji, Bu-Tian, Jung, Audrey Y, Karlan, Beth Y, Kellar, Melissa, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Kiong Lim, Boon, Kjaer, Susanne K, Krakstad, Camilla, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Lambrechts, Diether, Lambrechts, Sandrina, Le, Nhu D, Lele, Shashi, Lester, Jenny, Levine, Douglas A, Li, Zheng, Liang, Dong, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lu, Karen, Lubinski, Jan, Lundvall, Lene, Massuger, Leon F A G, Matsuo, Keitaro, McGuire, Valerie, McLaughlin, John R, McNeish, Iain, Menon, Usha, Milne, Roger L, Modugno, Francesmary, Moysich, Kirsten B, Ness, Roberta B, Nevanlinna, Heli, Odunsi, Kunle, Olson, Sara H, Orlow, Irene, Orsulic, Sandra, Paul, James, Pejovic, Tanja, Pelttari, Liisa M, Permuth, Jenny B, Pike, Malcolm C, Poole, Elizabeth M, Rosen, Barry, Rossing, Mary Anne, Rothstein, Joseph H, Runnebaum, Ingo B, Rzepecka, Iwona K, Schernhammer, Eva, Schwaab, Ira, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Shvetsov, Yurii B, Siddiqui, Nadeem, Sieh, Weiva, Song, Honglin, Southey, Melissa C, Spiewankiewicz, Beata, Sucheston-Campbell, Lara, Tangen, Ingvild L, Teo, Soo-Hwang, Terry, Kathryn L, Thompson, Pamela J, Thomsen, Lotte, Tworoger, Shelley S, van Altena, Anne M, Vergote, Ignace, Vestrheim Thomsen, Liv Cecilie, Vierkant, Robert A, Walsh, Christine S, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Whittemore, Alice S, Wicklund, Kristine G, Wilkens, Lynne R, Woo, Yin-Ling, Wu, Anna H, Wu, Xifeng, Xiang, Yong-Bing, Yang, Hannah, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Lee, Alice W, Pearce, Celeste L, Berchuck, Andrew, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Ramus, Susan J, Monteiro, Alvaro N A, Narod, Steven A, Sellers, Thomas A, Gayther, Simon A, Kelemen, Linda E, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Risch, Harvey A, Pharoah, Paul D P, Goode, Ellen L, Phelan, Catherine M

Participant selection for lung cancer screening by risk modelling (the Pan-Canadian Early Detection of Lung Cancer [PanCan] study): a single-arm, prospective study.

The Lancet. Oncology, 2017
Tammemagi, Martin C, Schmidt, Heidi, Martel, Simon, McWilliams, Annette, Goffin, John R, Johnston, Michael R, Nicholas, Garth, Tremblay, Alain, Bhatia, Rick, Liu, Geoffrey, Soghrati, Kam, Yasufuku, Kazuhiro, Hwang, David M, Laberge, Francis, Gingras, Michel, Pasian, Sergio, Couture, Christian, Mayo, John R, Nasute Fauerbach, Paola V, Atkar-Khattra, Sukhinder, Peacock, Stuart J, Cressman, Sonya, Ionescu, Diana, English, John C, Finley, Richard J, Yee, John, Puksa, Serge, Stewart, Lori, Tsai, Scott, Haider, Ehsan, Boylan, Colm, Cutz, Jean-Claude, Manos, Daria, Xu, Zhaolin, Goss, Glenwood D, Seely, Jean M, Amjadi, Kayvan, Sekhon, Harmanjatinder S, Burrowes, Paul, MacEachern, Paul, Urbanski, Stefan, Sin, Don D, Tan, Wan C, Leighl, Natasha B, Shepherd, Frances A, Evans, William K, Tsao, Ming-Sound, Lam, Stephen, ,
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