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Another Year of Celebrating Gyne-Cancer Research: GCI Trainee Research Day 2023 Recap
On June 15, 2023, the Gynecologic Cancer Initiative was delighted to host their third annual ...Read More
Shining a Light on Early Cancers
CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING Cervical cancer continues to be a significant global health burden as the ...Read More
Dr. Yvette Drew Appointed as the New GCI Clinical Trials Group Chair
We would like to announce that Dr. Anna Tinker will be stepping down from her ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Hallie Dau, MPH
Hallie is a Canadian Doctoral Scholar at the at the School of Population and Public ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Yuchen Ding, BSc
As a current Master's student in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Yuchen is committed to advancing ...Read More
Understanding the Social and Economic Impact of Cervical Cancer in Uganda
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of female cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) ...Read More
Marching for Endometriosis Awareness
Endo-what? Endometriosis affects about 10% of biologically assigned females. In this condition, the tissue similar ...Read More
International Women’s Day 2023
Happy International Women’s Day! March 8th is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, ...Read More
Removing Fallopian Tubes at Time of C-Section or After Vaginal Birth to Prevent Ovarian Cancer
Recent scientific discoveries have led to a cancer prevention opportunity for women and people with ...Read More
Launching Beyond the Stories: Molecular Classification/ProMisE
The GCI recently released Beyond the Stories: Molecular Classification/ProMisE. In this video, clinician-researchers Dr. Jessica ...Read More
What Is Cancer?
Author: Jeffrey Boschman, MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) Lab at the ...Read More
Wrapping Up 2022: The GCI’s Year in Review
2022 was another year full of successes in the gynecologic cancer space. The Gynecologic Cancer ...Read More
GCI Endometrial Cancer Research Team Awarded with the Terry Fox New Frontiers Grant 2022
Precision Oncology for Endometrial Carcinoma Patients The Gynecologic Cancer Initiative would like to congratulate our ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Dr. Farhia Kabeer, CIHR-Postdoctoral Fellow
The GCI would like to congratulate Dr. Farhia Kabeer on receiving the Michael Smith Health ...Read More
The GCI Congratulates the 2022 Newly Appointed UBC Canada Research Chairs
The Gynecologic Cancer Initiative (GCI) is pleased to share that this year, two of the ...Read More
Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: Genetics & Family History as a Risk Factor for Gynecologic Cancers
Certain genetic mutations (or changes) in DNA can lead to uncontrolled cell growth, which we ...Read More
A New Guide for People with Gynecologic Cancer, Made by People with Gynecologic Cancer
Gynecologic Cancers: Your Journey features information on diagnosis, treatment and resources on living with cancer ...Read More
The Story of Henrietta Lacks: How One Woman’s Cells Forever Changed Medical Sciences & Patient Care
With the Gynecologic Cancer Initiative’s missions being rooted in the exploration of cancer models and ...Read More
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month 2022: A Celebration of Gynecologic Cancer Patients & Survivors
Gynecologic Cancer Month has been yet another wonderful success. Throughout the month, we raised awareness ...Read More
Clinical Trials & Holding Onto Hope
Nancy Cleveland is a GCI patient partner, ovarian cancer survivor, and advocate. On June 14th, ...Read More