Financial consequences of the Reference Drug Program Previous estimates of savings from the Reference Drug Program (RDP) range from $20 to $44 million annually. For specific classes,... Read More

The recently released 2001 Census data on the ethnic background of Canadians indicate that Chinese-Canadians are the largest visible minority group in this country with a total population of more... Read More

Prior to the hospitalist program implementation, hospitals in the former Simon Fraser Health Region (SFHR) found the doctor-of-the-day system increasingly difficult to staff. Concern grew among... Read More

Total mesorectal excision (TME) is the surgical technique of choice for resection of rectal cancer. TME is associated with the lowest published recurrence rates—5% to 10%—for rectal cancer management... Read More

Rectal cancer outcomes are dependent on stage of cancer and appropriate management. The most important management that determines outcome is adequacy of surgical resection. Adjuvant radiation and... Read More