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Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2024
... Canadian average [ Figure 1 ].[ 1 ] A study conducted in 2012 showed that 158 general surgeons were in full-time ... survey to all 240 members of General Surgeons of BC in October 2022 and aimed for a 50% response rate. We asked ... brevity and clarity): “We don’t have too much of an issue with surgeons, but we do have trouble with shortages of ...
Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... the benefits of screening women in this age group. In October 2018, BC became the first province in Canada to ... breast tomosynthesis was approved by Health Canada in 2012, and several sites in BC acquired the technology. It is ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Murray Trusler, MD, MBA, FCFP, FRRMS, October 2014
... communication by e-mail with T. Gomes, 17 December 2012). Similar discrepancies can be seen in  Table 2 , where ... stated clearly in a 2011  Therapeutics Letter , and the issue now needs to be addressed by Health Canada, the ... This is a revised version of the article published in the October 2014 issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:391-394). The author ...