Clinical Articles /
BY: Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC
March 2018
... in survival, recurrence, or repeat surgery rates.[ 9 ] The use of staging investigations to identify distant ... mastectomy patients are at risk of nipple necrosis (5.9%) and local (including nipple/areola) cancer recurrence ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kevin Wing, MD, FRCSC
April 2018
... harm as a result of these lengthy waits.[ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ] The BCOA also believes that wait time ... of life and mental and emotional well-being.[ 1 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 11 ] The literature suggests that the impact of waiting ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc
September 2018
... whereas in BC that percentage was significantly higher, 64.9%.[ 2 ] These data are encouraging for BC, but because they ...
Editorials /
BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC
November 2018
... other provinces (notably Nova Scotia,[ 8 ] New Brunswick,[ 9 ] and Ontario[ 10 ]) have long recognized the need for a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
May 2018
... the use of vaccines including rotavirus are online.[ 8 , 9 ] —Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM Medical Director, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2018
... the lifetime risk for developing breast cancer was 1 in 9 and the lifetime mortality risk was 1 in 30. Since 1986 ... screening programs during the period 1990 to 2009,[ 9 ] and observed a 40% mortality reduction, with little ... screening mammogram (i.e., the abnormal call rate) was 9.1%. The number of women with a screen-detected cancer per ...
Obituaries /
BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD
March 2018
... were calls to Jean that he would be late for dinner—9:00 or 10:00 p.m. Bedtime vignettes ended with Yan falling ...
News
January/February 2018
... be used to terminate pregnancies at an early stage—up to 9 weeks from the start of the last menstrual period. Since 11 ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM
July/August 2018
... purulent lesion is present or carrier state persists.[ 8 , 9 ] With respect to HA-MRSA, both MRSA-carrier and/or ... and residence in a long-term care home.[ 3 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ] Although anyone can acquire CA-MRSA, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Brandon Yau, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC
October 2018
... emergency and people dying while using substances alone.[ 9 ] What can physicians do? Physicians can respect people’s ...