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Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... fascial envelope and a radial margin of more than 2 mm are associated with local recurrence of less than 10%. ... to 5% in prospective national Dutch and Swedish trials. [1,2] From our review of clinical outcomes of rectal cancer ... and have reviewed similar published reports from Sweden, [2]  the Netherlands, [1]  and Norway [4]  in order to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C.J.H. van de Velde, MD, PhD, FRCS, FRCPS September 2003
... which causes high recurrence rates from 15% to 45%. [2]  Additional radiotherapy has been given in an attempt to ... showed a cumulative risk of local recurrence at 5 years of 2.7% and overall corrected survival of 87.5% at 5 years. [7] ... The actuarial cancer-specific 5-year survival was 74.2%. [8]  Aitken published a study on a series of 64 patients ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kathy McInnes, BSc(Pharm) September 2003
... creatinine (umol/L) × 0.81   Since 1997, more than 1.2 million digoxin prescriptions have been dispensed to over ... fibrillation to help control ventricular response rate. [1,2]  The 2001 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus ... in contrast to the usually cited range of 0.6 nmol/L to 2.6 nmol/L (0.5 nmol/L to 2 ng/mL). [3] Doses in women should ...
Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... the surgical technique total mesorectal excision (TME). [2-4]  The Netherlands, [2]  Sweden, [3]  and Norway [4]  have all achieved marked ... Phang, MD Editorials Rectal cancer management in BC—Part 2 (Guest editorial) ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2003
... but that is not common. For example, in the last 2 years the  BCMJ  Editorial Board rejected only 24% of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John R. Graham, PhD October 2003
... million for calcium channel blockers (CCBs). For histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) and proton pump inhibitors ... year. External research does not support these claims. [1,2] Schneeweiss and colleagues claim savings of $6.7 million ... inhibitors, whereas Grootendorst and colleagues claim $1.2 million per year in the first 2 years, a huge difference. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel W.L. Lai, PhD October 2003
... Vancouver region, the percentage was even higher at 47.2%. These figures suggest that health practitioners are ... resulting in findings with reduced generalization power. [2-6]  This lack of empirical findings has resulted in a ... and 66.66 percentiles, inclusive, were assigned a score of 2. Finally, those scores above the 66.66 percentile were ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brian McGowan, MD October 2003
... patients used 11 118 days (average length of stay: 20.2 days). • When long-stay patients (greater than 30 days) ... discharges occurring evenly throughout the week. In the 2 years prior, weekend discharges accounted for 16% of total ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M. Ryan, MSc November 2003
... Results Data were recorded from 1265 runners over the 2-year period. In 2000, 844 questionnaires were completed, ... noted in the first year of the study, with 635 (75.2%) females and 205 (24.3%) males participating (4 runners ...  = .002), and a BMI between 20 and 26 (F = 69.8%, M = 30.2%;  P  = .003). In addition, more women than men (F = ...
Clinical Articles / BY: N. Miller, BSc/BPHE November 2003
... training year. Running imposes a ground reaction force of 2 to 2.5 times body weight with each step, [2]  meaning the likelihood of injury through overuse in the ...