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Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... breast cancer screening, treatment, and surveillance in BC have contributed to outcomes matching national and ... mortality rate, which now stands at 16 per 100 000 in BC. The age-standardized 5-year relative survival ratio for ... country.[ 4 ] Population screening for breast cancer in BC began in 1988 with the Screening Mammography Program ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine Wilson, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... breast cancer prevention, screening, and diagnosis in BC is the Provincial Breast Health Strategy (PBHS).[ 1 ] ... training programs in breast imaging offered jointly by BC Women’s Hospital and BC Cancer, and cross-training programs for mammography and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amie Padilla-Thornton, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... a prompt diagnosis. The Screening Mammography Program of BC introduced fast track booking for evaluation of ... Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge the BC Cancer Surgical Oncology Network for facilitating a series ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katherine A. Blood, MD, PhD January/February 2018
... cancer—the number one cancer diagnosed in women in BC.[ 1 ] The majority of breast cancers are thought to occur ... population.[ 1 ] The Hereditary Cancer Program (HCP) at BC Cancer accepts physician or self-referrals for hereditary ... are eligible for referral to the High-Risk Clinic at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre. The clinic is run by a nurse ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Heather E. Cadenhead, BKin January/February 2018
... and soccer.[ 1 ] Our clinical experience in Vancouver, BC, suggests that US sport-related injury findings do not ... in sport is widespread and has a long history. Around 1200 BC the first use of a protective face mask for fencing was ... sporting causes of traumatic eye injury in Vancouver, BC, and to determine if individuals could be encouraged to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Emma Cumming, MSc January/February 2018
... a high volume of cannabis-related calls on 4/20 to the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC), we sought to ... Coastal Health Authority region than elsewhere in BC ( Figure ). Controlling for location, the odds of being a ... Public Health Agency of Canada —Tom Kosatsky, MD BCCDC BC Centre for Disease Control Calls to BC Poison Control on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... cancer conferences are routine at each of the six BC Cancer centres. Referral to BC Cancer for preoperative assessment is welcome, ... but in some circumstances patients not yet referred to BC Cancer may be discussed at these conferences after direct ...
Clinical Articles / BY: F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... to radiation therapy made easier with the opening of the BC Cancer Centre for the North in Prince George in 2012, ... therapy and treat with a hormonal maneuver alone. BC Cancer has just completed participation in a trial to ... recommended following BCS.[ 13 ] On 1 November 2012 the BC Cancer Centre for the North opened in Prince George. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Simmons, MD, MSc, FRCPC March 2018
... terms of local experience, patients receiving NAT at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre have been studied prospectively ... Overall, patient selection for neoadjuvant therapy at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre follows the recommendations of the ... 8 ] Data from the neoadjuvant therapy database of the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre indicate that 82% of patients ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC March 2018
... overdose crisis was declared a public health emergency in BC in April 2016, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), in partnership with ... and distribution related to take-home naloxone kits in BC. Here are the most recent practise updates, including ...