The BC Provincial Toxicology Centre (PTC) performs extensive clinical toxicology testing, which includes screening for drugs of abuse and therapeutic drug monitoring for medications with narrow... Read More

For a well-researched topic such as cancer, it’s hard to keep up with the proliferation of new treatments and their effects on prognosis. For many cancers, the rate of change is such that one wants... Read More

Patients often report feeling mentally and physically unwell after eating fat-, salt-, or sugar-laden foods. Though the precise mechanisms underlying these symptoms are unclear, extensive self-... Read More

Since the mid-1990s, physicians have been increasingly prescribing higher doses and stronger opioids for their patients, particularly those with chronic noncancer pain.[1,2] Opioid overprescription,... Read More

BC Cancer and its Laboratory Services have identified an issue with the test used to screen for colon cancer. Recent fecal immunochemical test (FIT) results show an increase in the number of positive... Read More