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Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... with screening of RR 0.80 to 0.82.[ 6-8 ] These studies may, however, underestimate the current effectiveness of ... clinically apparent before the patient’s death. The issue then is one of results that precipitate overtreatment. ... 2-D and 3-D mammography to screen over 7000 women in 2013 found an additional 2.7 cancers were detected per 1000 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Simmons, MD, MSc, FRCPC March 2018
... Vancouver Centre have been studied prospectively since 2013 using a clinical database of information on patient ... ] As further work is done to validate these outcomes we may move toward differential assessments of response based on ... additional chemotherapy is not the standard of care. The issue of what to do when pCR is not achieved has been the ...
Editorials / BY: Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS March 2018
... this way. With more coordinated and targeted therapy, it may also be possible to reduce treatment sequelae. Already ... of these concerns and complementing Part 1 of this theme issue, which dealt with diagnosis, Part 2 focuses on initial ... therapy at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre since 2013. In the final article , Drs Connie Chiu, Brenda Lau, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... mental health concerns in students is vital.[ 13 ] The 2013 Canadian reference group data report for the American ... pit appointments. These 36 pit appointments were done in May 2014 and were deemed successful. Subsequently pit ... “Pit often helps me answer and move forward with an issue that I’m stuck on with a patient. Instead of waiting ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... care system, and society at large. This public health issue directly affects the practice of physicians who must ... disability-adjusted life years were then translated into 2013 dollars using the gross national income per capita. [ 6 ... social marketing campaign.[ 16 ] One program that may have contributed to the decrease in self-harm costs from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... with predicted prevalence rates rising from 8.3% in 2013 to 10.3% in 2020.[ 1 ] The complications of diabetes ... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... health care in BC First Nations populations in BC may receive different health care services based on whether ... less able to provide culturally appropriate assistance. In 2013 the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) assumed the ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... unstudied even though these are undoubtedly also an issue. Since a greater understanding of all-cause poisoning ... poisoning hospitalizations and deaths in BC from 2008 to 2013. Methods Data were obtained from the BC Discharge ... results that indicate the risk of unintentional poisonings may be intrinsically linked to a particular developmental ...