The Ovarian Cancer Research (OvCaRe) team at VGH and the BC Cancer Agency formed in late 2000, when a group of Vancouver-based physicians and scientists joined with the common vision of enhancing ovarian cancer research in British Columbia and the explicit goal of improving outcomes for ovarian cancer patients. They are now considered world leaders in ovarian cancer research.

Fundraising efforts in this area are focused on a research initiative aimed at early detection for this disease. The “Precursors to Prevention Project: an Approach to the Early Detection of Ovarian Cancers” focuses on early detection and screening tools for three district types of ovarian cancer.

A campaign to raise $3.5 million for this initiative is under way. The sooner funding is in place, the sooner this potentially life-saving research can begin.