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Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... and the second leading cause of cancer death as of 2015.[ 4 ] In 2010 the lifetime risk for developing breast cancer ... ratio for 2006 to 2008 was 88% across the country.[ 4 ] Population screening for breast cancer in BC began in ... study of provincial SMP data estimated rates of 5.4% for invasive cancer and 17.3% when DCIS was included, with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine Wilson, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... shortest time from screening to diagnosis in the province.4 Other examples of successful programs include the breast ... tests and treatment and this often results in delays.[ 4 ] Provincial clinical pathway The provincial clinical ... Baliski, surgical oncologist, BC Cancer Southern Interior, 4 June 2017). Although some communication improvement has ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amie Padilla-Thornton, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... of risk The Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System,[ 4 ] published by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and ... 24 months to ensure stability. Lesions assessed as BI-RADS 4 have an estimated malignancy risk of between 2% and 95% and ... large range of risk, many radiologists subdivide BI-RADS 4 into three categories based on positive predictive values: ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katherine A. Blood, MD, PhD January/February 2018
... for the HCP are shown in the accompanying ( Figure ).[ 4 ] Through the Hereditary Cancer Program, women receive a ... cancer diagnoses and transfer to oncologic care, and 16 (4%) due to negative genetic testing results for a familial ... (including 16 women with bilateral breast cancer), and 4 with three cancers. Previous breast cancers occurred at a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Heather E. Cadenhead, BKin January/February 2018
... 58 described sport-related traumatic eye injuries (4.45%). The mean age of injured patients was 29.8 (SD 14.8) ... the result of a blunt force that results in hyphema.[ 4 ] Although hyphemas are most commonly caused by trauma, ... melanoma, leukemia, and juvenile xanthogranuloma.[ 4 ] Traumatic hyphemas occur when a blunt force indents and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Emma Cumming, MSc January/February 2018
... Cannabis-themed celebrations on this date, known as 4/20, have been held since the 1970s when the phenomenon ... cannabis subculture.[ 1 ] Vancouver hosts a large 4/20 event, most recently held at Sunset Beach on English ... After noticing a high volume of cannabis-related calls on 4/20 to the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC), we ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... has become less invasive in both the breast and axilla.[ 1-4 ] Surgical techniques have advanced to provide better ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John A. Taylor, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2018
... by reducing influenza symptoms by less than 1 day.[ 4 ] Vaccination is recommended for influenza prevention and ... wanting to be immunized in the ED for influenza ( Table 4 ) and for pneumococcal disease ( Table 5 ) were varied, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... a reduction in breast cancer mortality of as much as 5%.[ 4 ] While there is some controversy in the setting of fewer ... risk of pneumonitis, which can develop anywhere from 4 to 12 weeks after radiation. This condition presents with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Connie G. Chiu, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... typically seen within 3 years of axillary intervention,[ 1,4 ] while the ongoing risk beyond 3 years is estimated at 1% per year to at least 20 years.[ 4 ] Prevention strategies focus on reducing axillary ... radiation, high body mass index, and cellulitis.[ 1,2,4,8,9,12 ] Cellulitis represents a proven and widely accepted ...