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Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD December 2010
... treated for rectal cancer in BC.[ 1 ] Pelvic recurrence at 4 years occurred in 16% of rectal cancer patients for all ... resections using TME were reported to be as low as 4%. A new protocol for preoperative short-course radiation ... and TME resulted in a 2-year local recurrence of 2.4% in a Dutch national trial.4 On the basis of this and other ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Aneez Mohamed, MD, FRCPC, May 2009
... as a surrogate endpoint for atherosclerosis progression.[ 4 ] The first epidemiological data came from two large cohort ... taken in a subset of 78 individuals and repeated at 2 and 4 years. The authors demonstrated a progressive reduction in ...
News / BY: Patricia Janssen, PhD September 2009
... in a distributed mode.  Curriculum is offered in three 4-day weekends (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) per term, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2009
... vaccine is to be used for the doses given to infants at 2, 4, and 6 months of age, and will replace the use of Pediacel ... ranging from birth to 15 months of age, whereas the 2-, 4-, and 6-month hepatitis B schedule in BC lends itself to ...
Obituaries / BY: Paddy Cardwell, June 2009
... was held at Yates Funeral Home in Parksville on Saturday, 4 April 2009. —Paddy Cardwell Parksville Obituaries Dr ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC November 2009
... patients. Expected time to complete the course is 3 to 4 hours plus time in the discussion forum. The course is ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kristopher L. Schmidt, MSc, April 2009
... foodborne botulism (median and mean ages of 45 and 46.4 ). Ten patients were older than 65 years. One patient was ... laboratory (BCCDC Guide to Program and Services Version 4, www.bccdc.org/division.php?item=2 ). Since diagnostic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marion Thomas, PhD, September 2009
... that permit the four bases to be distinguished ( Figure 4 ).  The labeled fragments recognize specific SNPs by ... the location of the disease gene. Association studies[ 4 ] can also be done either in large groups of unrelated ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kyle D. Burns, MD, FRCPC, June 2009
... for patients, their families, and nursing staff.[ 4 ] Recognizing delirium and those at risk can reduce the ...
News / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP October 2009
... calories per day (76 calories) can lead to a gain of 3.4 kg (7.5 lbs.) of weight over 1 year if nothing else were to ...