Funds raised in 2012 help support our three local hospitals and the Fraser Valley Cancer Centres.
Langley Hospital
$22,500 towards purchase of a Flexible Cystoscope. This scope serves a duo purpose for the diagnostic and treatment for cancer and provides a non-invasive way for surgery which promotes faster patient recovery times.
Maple Ridge Hospital
$25,000 towards a Colonoscope – required in the Ambulatory Care Department. A Colonoscopy is a minimally invasive endoscopic examination that allows a doctor to look inside the entire large intestine and colon through a thin flexible tube called a Colonoscope. The doctor is able to view the images on a video monitor in real time. The procedure enables the physician to see things such as inflamed tissue, abnormal growths, and ulcers. It is most often used to look for early signs of cancer in the colon and rectum, for causes of unexplained changes in bowel habits, and to evaluate symptoms like abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, and weight loss. It also has the ability to snip off polyps and tissue samples for biopsy. Once polyps are removed, they can be studied with the aid of a microscope to determine if they are precancerous or not.
Fraser Valley Cancer Foundation
$20,880 towards two Chemo Pumps plus $5,000 to the Children’s Club.
Cancer Statistics & Past Donations
• Nearly 21,600 British Columbians were newly diagnosed with cancer in 2010. Each year in British Columbia, a crowd the size of a sold out Canucks game will find out they have cancer.
• Over 9,500 British Columbians died from Cancer in 2010.
• Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer in both men and women.
• Prostate cancer remains the most common cancer in men and the deadliest cancer in men. (Canadian Cancer Society BC Section)
Here is a brief list of donations that the Drive for the Cure has
made in the last few years. Care Today – Cure Tomorrow.
