Genomics are key to understanding why cancer we get cancer, and genomics play a vital role in decoding cancer.
Over the past century, life expectancy in North America has increased from an average of 47 years to now more than 75 years. Along with this increase in age, cancer rates have also increased.
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According to Dr. Sam Aparicio of B.C. Cancer, “Cancer is not exclusively a disease of aging, but cancer is much more prevalent in older people.”
“Age association happens because cancer is a disease of the genome. Namely, the instructions that are stored in our cells become corrupted over time and (lead) to deficiencies in the duplication instructions that lead to cancer.”
Genomics are key to understanding why cancer we get cancer, and genomics play a vital role in decoding cancer.
In 1999, Nobel Prize winner Michael Smith envisioned a genome centre in British Columbia that could and would be a world leader in decoding and developing genomic based therapies to address cancer.
Apricio, the Don Rix Distinguished Keynote speaker at Genome B.C.’s Decoding Cancer” event, joined a Conversation That Matters about addressing cancer through genomics and B.C.’s role as a global leader in research and treatment.
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