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Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
The potential impact of breast cancer on women in British Columbia means that primary care providers should be ... ABSTRACT: Breast cancer continues to affect the women of British Columbia and impose a significant health care burden. ... mammography. Clinical Articles Breast cancer screening in British Columbia: A guide to discussion with patients ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine Wilson, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... 25 years to improve the diagnostic process for women in British Columbia who present with breast symptoms or have an ... at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and the University of British Columbia Health Sciences Centre. Women may have a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katherine A. Blood, MD, PhD January/February 2018
... lifetime risk of breast cancer. This study shows that British Columbian women with an increased risk of breast ... literature. Clinical Articles Hereditary breast cancer in British Columbia: Outcomes from BC Cancer’s High-Risk Clinic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Heather E. Cadenhead, BKin January/February 2018
... in Canada. Moreover, this is of particular concern in British Columbia, a province ranking in the top three for ... study. Ethics approval was granted by the University of British Columbia’s Clinical Research Ethics Board. Results ... Articles Sport-related ocular trauma in Vancouver, British Columbia: Not the usual suspects ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... families and working-age women.[ 40 ] Many centres across British Columbia are enrolling young women in a national ... strategy. Current surgical management of breast cancer in British Columbia is based on consensus recommendations from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John A. Taylor, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2018
... prevention and is provided free for high-risk groups in British Columbia.[ 5 ] In one case-control study, influenza ... to detect a reduction in all-cause mortality.[ 7 ] In British Columbia this vaccine is also provided free of charge ...
Clinical Articles / BY: F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... periods, is not currently considered standard treatment in British Columbia but is under investigation. Node-positive ... setting with one to three positive nodes.[ 6 ] In British Columbia we tend to offer adjuvant regional nodal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Connie G. Chiu, MD, FRCSC March 2018
An increasing number of patients in British Columbia are survivors of breast cancer and are ...
News March 2018
... plan. Since spring 2016, BCCPC, in partnership with the British Columbia Hospice Palliative Care Association, has ... care in their area are encouraged to contact the British Columbia Resource Centre or HSC by calling 604 ... by serious illness or who are nearing end of life. The British Columbia Hospice Palliative Care Association is a ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Vera Frinton, MD March 2018
... our careers and raise a glass to the many good doctors of British Columbia who have supported, and continue to support, ...