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Klaudia Van Emmerik

Innovative technique to fight Lymphedema launched in Kelowna on World Cancer Day
| Feb 4, 2025

When Meghan Kreuger discovered a lump in her breast on Boxing Day 2018, she was shocked. “When I felt that lump I just got that pit in my stomach,” the now-40-year old North Okanagan woman said ...

BC Cancer Foundation

BC Cancer – Kelowna: Surgical Advances for Better Outcomes
| Feb 4, 2025

At BC Cancer – Kelowna, groundbreaking advancements are transforming cancer care, blending precision medicine with a deep commitment to patient well-being ...

 Jacqueline Gelineau

$1.5 million for cancer care research at new oncology program in Kelowna
| Sept 6, 2024

Kelowna residents will now be able to access ground-breaking cancer treatments at home at the new Surgical Oncology Research Program at the BC Cancer Centre, located adjacent to the Kelowna General Hospital ...

Klaudia Van Emmerik

New surgical oncology program in Kelowna
| Sept 5, 2024

BC Cancer Kelowna is starting a new surgical oncology program thanks to a substantial donation from a local couple. As Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, the program will allow patients to receive care in their community, while researching treatments for the future ...

Okanagan Newspaper Group

Generous couple donates $1.5 million to Kelowna cancer
| Sept 5, 2024

Kindhearted city residents Ken and Gloria Sargent have donated $1.5 million toward a new surgical oncology research program to BC Cancer - Kelowna ...

Klaudia Van Emmerik

B.C.’s first-of-its-kind cancer research program to be based out of Kelowna
| Sept 5, 2024

A Kelowna, B.C., couple has made a significant donation that will help kickstart the province’s first-of-its-kind cancer research program ...

BC Cancer Foundation

Ken & Gloria Sargent Gift $1.5 Million to Revolutionize Cancer Care at BC Cancer – Kelowna
| Sept 5, 2024

The BC Cancer Foundation is thrilled to announce a transformational $1.5 million donation from Ken and Gloria Sargent to launch the first ever Surgical Oncology Research Program at BC Cancer – Kelowna, led by surgical oncologist, Dr. Chris Baliski ...

Nicholas Johansen

First-of-its-kind cancer research program coming to Kelowna
| Sept 5, 2024

A first-of-its-kind cancer research program is starting in Kelowna this month thanks to a recent $1.5 million donation ...

Okanagan Edge

Top 40: Dr. Christopher Baliski
| June 5, 2023

Christopher Baliski is the regional lead for surgical oncology with BC Cancer in the Interior of B.C. and the division head of general surgery at Kelowna General Hospital ...

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