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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 ... had the most influence, some successful models of a breast centre existed. The most successful has been the Diagnostic ...
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 ... radiology or by the ordering physician, depending on the centre. With so many different approaches and pathways, ... 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 ... to the High-Risk Clinic at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre. The clinic is run by a nurse practitioner and a ...
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 ... visiting the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) Eye Care Centre from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013. All charts ... in sport is widespread and has a long history. Around 1200 BC the first use of a protective face mask for fencing was ...
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 describe 4/20 cannabis-exposure ... Coastal Health Authority region than elsewhere in BC ( Figure ). Controlling for location, the odds of being a ...
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, patient choice ... therapy and treat with a hormonal maneuver alone. BC Cancer has just completed participation in a trial to ...
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 since 2013 using a ... Overall, patient selection for neoadjuvant therapy at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre follows the recommendations of the ...
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 ...
Editorials / BY: Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS March 2018
Dr Rona Cheifetz Dr Elaine McKevitt BC statistics from 2016 show an age-adjusted net survival ... have led to more individualization of treatment plans. In BC most breast cancer treatment begins with surgery at one of ... cancer and discuss the impact of opening the BC Cancer Centre for the North in Prince George in 2012. The authors ...
News March 2018
Thanks to a new partnership with the BC Centre for Palliative Care (BCCPC) and a $5000 grant, the ... its services to reach rural and remote communities in BC and educating them on Huntington disease (HD) palliative ...