BRAvE Initiative News
Congratulations Dr. Gregor Reid!
Dr. Gregor Reid has been awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for for the BRAvE Initiative.
New tumour test could guide personalized treatment for children with cancer
Scientists at the University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital are the first in Canada to use a new test for pediatric tumour analysis that may one day guide personalized treatments for children with cancer.
BCCHR Website News
Could chicken eggs help revolutionize cancer treatment for children?
Dr. James Lim and his team are helping to bring new hope to children battling hard-to-treat cancers.
New study shows the potential of new treatment strategies for most common childhood cancer
Researchers made a key discovery about how childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) evolves and responds to targeted therapies suggesting that clinicians can start looking for precision treatments for a child’s cancer immediately after diagnosis, rather than waiting until the cancer has come back.
Q&A with BRAvE researchers Amanda Lorentzian and Dr. Nina Rolf
Amanda Lorentzian and Dr. Nina Rolf are integral members of the BRAvE Initiative, working together to make childhood cancer recurrence a thing of the past.
Transforming childhood cancer care across the country
BC Children's Hospital clinicians and researchers are part of a new Canadian Pediatric Cancer Consortium that aims to transform pediatric cancer care and research by ensuring every child diagnosed with cancer in Canada will have increased and equitable access to therapies and care.
Working to make childhood cancer recurrence a thing of the past: Q&A with BRAvE researchers
Researchers from the BRAvE Initiative at BC Children’s Hospital have developed a new precision oncology platform that stands to save young lives across Canada.
New research paves way to better treatment for common childhood brain cancer
While chemotherapy and radiation are essential treatments for overcoming medulloblastoma , finding new ways to treat the disease more effectively could lessen the later-in-life impacts of treatment and ensure more children survive.