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Editorials / BY: Patricia M. Rebbeck, MB, ChB, FRCSC July/August 2003
... to practise only 2 days a week. I hear of others who allot 4 minutes per patient. I hear of surgeons who worry that ...
Letters / BY: Terence W. Anderson BM, BCh, FRCPC, PhD July/August 2003
... article on life expectancy in the elderly [ BCMJ 2003;45(4):178-182 ]. (Back in the 1960s I was medical editor of  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... rates—5% to 10%—for rectal cancer management. [1-4]  Surgeon awareness of TME has increased principally due ... number of lymph nodes assessed increased from 6.3 to 7.4,  P  = 0.004, from 1996 to 2000, respectively. Teaching ... lymph nodes than low-volume hospitals, 7.0 ± 5 vs 5.1 ± 4,  P  = 0.02. Discussion The main finding is that 1996 and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... relative to more recent reports from other centres. [2-4] The British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA) provided ... recurrence (local and distant) data are reported at 4 years. Data are recorded as mean and range. Statistics were ... cancer had a 100% survival (n = 29). In contrast, stage 4 cancer had a 17% survival rate (n = 83). Stage 2 and stage ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... constipation. On examination, a palpable rectal tumor of 4 cm diameter is found. The tumor is located on the posterior ... radiation has been shown to decrease local recurrence to 4% to 5% in prospective national Dutch and Swedish trials. ... recurrence rates ( Table 1 ). Local recurrence rates at 4 years in BC are much higher than recurrence rates published ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C.J.H. van de Velde, MD, PhD, FRCS, FRCPS September 2003
... also improved the rate of survival at 5 years. [4]  The results of a large meta-analysis [5]  strengthened ... was 8.2% and in the radiotherapy plus TME group it was 2.4% (P <0.001) (see  Figure 2 ). An effect of preoperative ... in the setting of standardized TME surgery (8.2% vs 2.4% after a median follow-up of 2 years, P <0.001). In terms ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kathy McInnes, BSc(Pharm) September 2003
... an increased risk of death in women with heart failure. [4]  The women in the study had different causes of heart ... versus ischemic cardiomyopathy, compared to the men. [4]  A study in one hospital found that mean serum digoxin ...
Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... local recurrence rates are about 16%, [1]  compared to 4% to 8% in trials using preoperative adjuvant radiation and ... the surgical technique total mesorectal excision (TME). [2-4]  The Netherlands, [2]  Sweden, [3]  and Norway [4]  have all achieved marked reduction in local recurrence ...
Letters / BY: A.J. Walter, MB September 2003
... 25 years and the CMPA suggestion is to retain that record 4 years beyond this. Therefore I would be expected to retain ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John R. Graham, PhD October 2003
... all three cardiovascular classes of $7.7 million in 1997. [4] Other research indicates that the annualized savings for ... nitrate users received exemptions via special authority. [4] However, between January and March 1996, manufacturers of ... drugs by between 6% and 14% after Pharmacare imposed RDP. [4] Private payment for nitrates went up by more than 25 times ...