Prostate Cancer Canada

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Media Advisory - Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Vancouver Hero
Vancouver, British Colombia, April 16 –– Prostate Cancer Canada will honour the late Jack Poole, former VANOC Board Chair and local businessman, with the Local Hero Award. Jack was a generous benefactor to the Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Hospital Foundation with gifts totalling $3 Million for “Jack the Robot”, a da Vinci S HD surgical system, and a $1 Million gift towards the Robert H. N. Ho Research Centre. His lead donation attracted a further $3.5 million in donations including $1.5 million from Jimmy Pattison. Together these donations enabled VGH to become the fourth Canadian hospital to employ robotic technology in surgery.

Media Advisory- Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Calgary Hero
Calgary, AB, April 10 –– Local Hero Dr. Jay Lee will be honoured on April 11th at the annual Wake Up Call Breakfast, hosted by Prostate Cancer Canada, in partnership with the Prostate Cancer Centre. Dr. Lee is being recognized for his extraordinary contribution to the fight against prostate cancer.

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What We're Funding

At PCC, we are pleased to be able to fund prostate cancer research projects with the greatest potential to advance the prevention, detection and treatment of prostate cancer and improve the quality of life for prostate cancer survivors. Take a look at the projects we are funding now, on par with the most advanced and innovative prostate cancer research projects from around the world.

We are funding research in a variety of different areas, as shown in the pie charts below. The chart on the left shows research funded in 2012, while the chart on the right shows funds committed to specific multi-year projects or those that extend beyond 2012.

Innovation
Collaboration
Talented People
Funded Project Database
Upcoming Programs