More than 1,000 researchers are affiliated with the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, including more than 300 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The Research Institute offers a multi-disciplinary, collaborative environment that values integrity, excellence, transformation, interaction and openness.
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.
