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Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2006
... MRSA are emerging as common community pathogens. [9,10]  Simultaneously, the nasal carrier rate of MRSA is ... 2002 to Nov. 2005. [img_assist|nid=1018|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=546|height=640] Antibiotics listed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H.F. Kennecke, MD, MHA, FRCPC, April 2006
... was compared with tamoxifen and found similar results. [10]  With a shorter follow-up time there was a 19% ... into a benefit of 6% in absolute terms. In patients with node-positive breast cancer there was also a 40% reduction in ... risk of breast cancer occurrence. Women who had low-grade node-negative disease had a very low risk (3%) of breast ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ian Gardiner, MD December 2005
... view of the pectoral fascia and the internal mammary lymph node chain. The large field of view also permits assessment ... malignancies have been detected by breast MRI in 2% to 10% of patients. [6-9] Fischer and colleagues [10]  reported that in 336 patients with biopsy-proven breast ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Charmaine Kim-Sing, MD, ChB, FRCPC October 2004
... but relatively uncommon genes that account for 5% to 10% of all breast cancers. The counseling includes education ... are performed from age 25 or from the age that is 10 years younger than the age of the relative with the ... for cancers that were greater than 2 cm in size, lymph node negative, and estrogen receptor (ER) positive. The most ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... with the lowest published recurrence rates—5% to 10%—for rectal cancer management. [1-4]  Surgeon awareness ... more nodes was required to assure accuracy of a metastatic node-negative stage. [9] The main aim of this study is to ... tumor to radial margin. • Minimum distance from lymph node to circumferential margin. • Lymphatic or vascular ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John H. Hay, MB July/August 2003
... traditional approach to adjuvant treatment of stage II (node-negative tumors that penetrate into the perirectal fat) and stage III (node-positive tumors) rectal cancer in North America is ... should be smaller. Surgery is recommended in the 6- to 10-week period after the completion of radiation, before any ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... resection was performed in 29% of cancers located 5 cm to 10 cm from the anus in the midrectum. Adequacy of resection ... to nine rectal cancer operations; 18 hospitals performed 10 or more rectal cancer operations. A total of 145 surgeons ... lymph nodes to determine that there are no regional lymph node metastases. [14,15]  However, the average number of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C.J.H. van de Velde, MD, PhD, FRCS, FRCPS September 2003
... are of major importance in achieving local control, [10]  standardization and quality control with respect to ... significant in patients who had lesions located more than 10 centimetres from the anal verge and in patients with TNM ... to safety margins, excision of the mesorectum, and lymph node dissection. Currently, global local recurrence rates of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elissa Press, BA September 2002
... nodes, especially on the left side, where the largest node was 2 cm and tender. He underwent a colonoscopy, and a 5 ... except for HIV infection. He had been diagnosed with HIV 10 years previously, and his risk factors included having sex ... 12.5 to 36.5 per 100 000) than the general population. [10] The immune response appears to play a role in controlling ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Greg McGregor, MD, FRCSC May 2000
... and distal resection margins for colon cancer should be 10 cm. Tumors adhering to surrounding structures should be ... wall and the presence or absence of perirectal lymph node metastases to assess the advisability of local excision. ... and the salvage liver resection, presence of lymph node metastases, and presence of multiple liver metastases. ...