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class="field field-name-field-frontpage-panels field-type-text-long field-label-hidden view-mode-full"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item delta-0 even"><div class="inner"> <p>Hager family gives $5 million to Pancreas Centre BC to advance pancreatic cancer research.</p> <p><a href="http://pancreascentrebc.ca/news/2022/11/17/pancreas-centre-bc-receives-record-5-million-donation-hager-family">Read more</a></p> </div></div> <div class="field-item delta-1 odd"><div class="inner"> <p>The Jack & Darlene Poole Foundation gives $3 million to VGH for pancreatic cancer care and research.</p> <p><a href="http://pancreascentrebc.ca/news/2013/09/10/3-million-donation-pancreas-centre-bc#.UnKJanB_7j4">Read more</a></p> </div></div> <div class="field-item delta-2 even"><div class="inner"> <div class="cycler"> <div class="cycle-panel"><p>Generous donations from private donors are聽directly leading to the development of a pancreatic cancer research program in BC.</p> <p><a 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