Vancouver Island Cancer Centre

Name :

Vancouver Island Cancer Centre

Address  :

2410 Lee Avenue

Town  :

Victoria

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V8R 6V5

Phone  :

250 519 5501

Fax  :

250 519 2022

Web URL  :

Vancouver Island Cancer Centre

Description

The Vancouver Island Centre is one of five full service cancer centres of the BC Cancer Agency BCCA We provide oncology consultations chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments for people who live on Vancouver Island

We provide a broad range of services including prevention treatment screening genetic counselling and supportive care

The Vancouver Island Centre is an active research clinic contributing to knowledge generation done within the facility Clinical trials are an extremely important aspect of our clinical care and our team is continually involved in a growing research program
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