Clinical Articles

Clinical Articles / March 2017 BY: Tiffany Chan, MD, MHsc, Kristin DeGirolamo, Pharm MD, Charles H. Scudamore, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Stephen Chung, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Maja Segedi, MD, MPH, FRCSC, Siegried R. Erb, MD, FRCPC, Eric M. Yoshida, OBC, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, Vladimir Marquez, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Andrzej K. Buczkowski, MD, FRCSC

Background Liver transplantation has been available in British Columbia since 1989, with a growing number of transplants performed each year. In 2005, 31 liver transplants were performed in BC. Only... Read More

Clinical Articles / January/February 2017 BY: Jennifer Goy, MD, MSc, Tyler W. Smith, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, Stephen Nantel, MD, FRCPC, Yasser Abou Mourad, MD, Raewyn Broady, MBChB, Sujaatha Narayanan, MBBS, Monika Hudoba, MD, FRCPC, David Pi, MBBC, MBA

Acute leukemia refers to a category of blood cancers characterized by aggressive proliferation of clonal blast cells in the bone marrow and, occasionally, in the tissues. There are two main types of... Read More