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Clinical Articles / BY: Amil Shah, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP May 2000
... with respect to response rates and overall survival.[ 7,8 ] It is, however, given in a more convenient schedule ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Greg McGregor, MD, FRCSC May 2000
... in Stage C colon cancers have been reported in up to 7% of cases. In addition, prophylactic oophorectomy can ... is associated with 5-year survival of up to 30%.[ 7 ] Adverse prognostic factors affecting survival after ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2000
... with a bat, and in only one or two was a bite reported.[ 7 ] Changing recommendations around bat encounters Recent ... unless prompt laboratory testing has ruled out rabies.[ 7 ] This includes cases in which a person may not be aware ... child, or a mentally disabled or intoxicated person.[ 7 ]  What to do following a bat encounter In all instances ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP July/August 2000
... in rural communities have not yet worked.[ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 ] Review of the literature reveals that the problem of ... in the former group ( 17 ) than in the latter group ( 7 ). As expected, there has been a steady overall increase in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C.J. Sedergreen, MBBS September 2000
... Manual of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (7 July 1999)[ 1 ] relating to alternative and complementary ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Shayesta Dhalla, MD September 2000
... was detected incidentally on endoscopy in 9 patients (7.7%) who also had gastrinomas. One case (0.7%) of malignant thymic carcinoid was observed. Carcinoid ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Saw, MD, FRCPC October 2000
... 6 months of presentation with dilated cardiomyopathy.[ 7 ] In a recent abstract by McNamara et al,[ 7 ] the frequency of inflammation on endomyocardial biopsy of ... arteries. Two patients died, one in hospital and the other 7 months after presentation. Four of six patients had ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Steve Adilman, MD November 2000
... for Disease Control has identified 225 cases of syphilis.[ 7-9 ] The epidemic appears to be continuing because of the ... more than 10 times higher than the national average of 7 per 100,000. Also increasingly prevalent is a highly ... the prevalence for white males and females was 9% and 7% respectively. Aboriginal transgendered people were the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP November 2000
... a family physician’s work easier and more rewarding.[ 5,7 ] The association between increasing percentage of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen G.F. Ho, MD, FRCPC December 2000
... of hepatic failure secondary to the metastatic disease.[ 7,8 ] Hepatic radiation is very toxic and not normally ...