Boyes, David Alexander

BOYES, DAVID ALEXANDER, gynecologist, radiation oncologist (b 18 March 1925, Vancouver; d 14 March 2017, Vancouver). After graduating from Queen's University medical school in 1949, he ran a family practice with Dr. John Ankenman, serving the Gulf Islands. Later he specialized in obstetrics and gynecology, joining the BC Cancer Institute in 1960. He worked with Dr. Herbert Fidler to pioneer Pap testing for cervical cancer, and to develop the world's first screening program for the disease. Dr....

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