BC Cancer - 2017 Donor Impact Report - 12

MARK YOUR
CALENDAR!

The ninth annual Ride
to Conquer Cancer is
August 26-27. Learn more
at conquercancer.ca.

Ride to Conquer Cancer
Bringing together communities of cancer survivors, cyclists and supporters, the Ride to Conquer Cancer
has raised more than $77 million in eight years, making it B.C.'s most successful fundraiser.
Funds raised ensure researchers and clinicians at BC Cancer have the support needed
to reinvent the standard of cancer care through leading-edge research.

BIG RIDE,

BIG RESULTS
NUMBER
OF RIDERS:

1,687
NUMBER
OF DONORS:

BRITISH COLUMBIA

cities and
towns
represented

43,535
COMBINED
KILOMETRES CYCLED:

427,750
NUMBER OF
VOLUNTEERS:

615

DOLLARS RAISED:

7.1
MILLION

It's truly special to be

- Chris Gray, four-time rider and captain of Team Perimeter Drainage

DONOR IMPACT REPORT 2017

ENABLED
... more than

300
PATIENTS

to take part this year in the leading-edge
Personalized Onco-Genomics Program.

ENHANCED
... brain cancer care,
so patients could be seen by
neuro-oncology specialists
quickly and effectively,
in one visit and at one site.

SUPPORTED
... more than

projects,
investigating
more than

different
cancer types.

... the development
of Canadian-first
"OncoPanel"
with more than

2,000

B.C. CANCER
PATIENTS
benefiting annually.

... the construction of the Conconi
Family Immunotherapy Lab in
Victoria, establishing the provincial
hub of immunotherapy treatment
and development.

... a new drug for advanced prostate
cancer to enter clinical trials.

a part of such a passionate
community of riders, all touched by cancer
in some way, pedaling toward one important
mission as a team.

BECAUSE OF RIDERS
AND DONORS LIKE YOU,
THIS IS OUR IMPACT:

http://www.conquercancer.ca

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of BC Cancer - 2017 Donor Impact Report