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Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD July/August 2003
... with high local recurrence rates for rectal cancer in BC. Our overall local recurrence rates are about 16%, [1] ... These countries point the way to improved outcomes in BC if we choose to follow these rectal cancer management ... management and on pathology reporting of rectal cancer in BC. The data show deficiencies in our management in 1996 and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... [3,7] From our review of rectal cancer outcomes in BC in 1996, [8]  we became aware that the radial margin was ... TME pathology are being reported in pathology reports in BC so that pathologists and surgeons in this province can be ... Methods All rectal cancer cases registered in the BC Cancer Agency for 1996 and 2000 were reviewed. The study ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... We have previously reported 1996 rectal cancer outcomes in BC. [1]  We found that survival and recurrence rates were ... rectal cancer according to the guidelines written by the BC Cancer Agency. Methods We conducted a retrospective review ... rectum or rectosigmoid junction were identified from the BC Cancer Registry. A total of 495 cases were identified as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... review of clinical outcomes of rectal cancer management in BC in 1996, [3]  we have identified a problem of high local ... rates ( Table 1 ). Local recurrence rates at 4 years in BC are much higher than recurrence rates published for the ... Therefore, if we wish to improve local recurrence rates in BC, we too should change our rectal cancer management ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kathy McInnes, BSc(Pharm) September 2003
... have been dispensed to over 112000 patients according to BC Pharmacare data. Overall, the 0.25 mg strength accounts ... the usual dose or give the normal dose every 48 hours. [7] BC Centre for Disease Control Digoxin: Does the dose fit your ...
Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... with high local recurrence rates for rectal cancer in BC. Our overall local recurrence rates are about 16%, [1] ... These countries point the way to improved outcomes in BC if we choose to follow these rectal cancer management ...  and on  pathology reporting of rectal cancer in BC . The data show deficiencies in our management in 1996 and ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2003
... we have always been a preferred destination for many of BC’s best medical authors. Over the 20-odd years that I ... on the grounds of content, style, or intelligibility. BC seems to have a large reservoir of skilled, energetic, ... The  BCMJ  has always encouraged authorship from around BC, and we have very active authors from small urban centres ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John R. Graham, PhD October 2003
... consequences for NSAIDs, but Maclure and Potashnik in the BC Ministry of Health stated savings of $5 million, ... during the first year. [6] In the midst of this confusion, BC Pharmacare’s actual expenditures before and after implementation of the RDP show that BC Pharmacare, which had enjoyed relatively good budgetary ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel W.L. Lai, PhD October 2003
... the older members of the largest visible minority group in BC, this study examined the health status and determinants of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gillian A. Willis, MPS October 2003
... a centralized distribution model was implemented by the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC). In this model, ... health care treatment facilities. Data on Digibind use in BC and patient outcomes have been collected from 1991 to ... The current cost of Digibind is $430.62 per vial. In BC in 2002, 45 patients received a total of 149 vials of ...