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Sunday, October 26, 2008
click here to view: Recap of 4 related items - Ovarian Cancer Screening/Diagnostic Markers
Gardasil Passes a 2-Year Safety Check
Gardasil Passes a 2-Year Safety Check:
"Most parents' concerns about Gardasil were not explicitly related to concerns about vaccine safety."
The Lancet Oncology - World Cancer Declaration (needs password - free - to view)
The Lancet Oncology
Reflection and Reaction
World Cancer Declaration: a need for partnership
"We can no longer afford to sit on our hands and watch people die needlessly. We all have a personal and common responsibility to help overcome this global challenge and I encourage you to read the World Cancer Declaration, endorse the policy via the UICC website, and think carefully about what changes you can do, however small, in your private and professional lives to bring about change, before we live to regret this moment in history."2008 Health Care in Canada - full report (103 pages)
HCIC_2008_e.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Health Care in Canada 2008 (HCIC 2008) is the ninth in a series of annual
reports on the health care system and the health of Canadians. This year,
HCIC 2008 provides a review of key analytic work undertaken at CIHI that
highlights CIHI’s health care research priorities (access, quality of care, costs,
health human resources and population mental health). Also included in this
report are key findings from seminal Canadian and international health care
research as they relate to these health care priorities. HCIC 2008 is a reference
tool to identify current priorities in health care for health researchers, persons
involved in strategic decision-making in health care, the media and Canadians
in general.
God Syndrome | Psychology Today Blogs
God Syndrome | Psychology Today Blogs: "Medicine is a complex affair; we frequently do not do justice to what our patients suffer and what they need."
Thursday, October 23, 2008
news item: Gates Foundation Awards $100,000 grants (non-peer review)
Flying Syringes and Other Bold Ideas - washingtonpost.com
"In making its picks, the foundation has rejected the widespread practice of peer review -- assigning other specialists in a field to evaluate research -- because, in the words of Tadataka Yamada, the foundation's director of global health, "peer review -- by definition almost -- excludes innovation because innovation has no peers."
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
TheStar.com | Federal Election | Health policy debate fizzles despite Canadians' priorities
"Canadians are justly proud of their health system but this election campaign does not mirror their concerns,"
TheStar.com | Federal Election | Health policy debate fizzles despite Canadians' priorities
"So, are you back to work yet?" Re-conceptualizing 'work' and 'return to work' - abstract
"So, are you back to work yet?" Re-conceptualizing...[Soc Sci Med. 2008] - PubMed Result"..When patients return for surgical follow up, clinicians routinely ask, "So, are you back to work yet?" expecting simple 'yes/no' answers.
This study suggests that the answer is instead highly complex, and that patients could be seen as having been 'working' all along. This study offers a re-conceptualization of 'work' and 'return to work'....."
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Search: Ovarian | Canary Journal
website links sorted by content type eg. imaging, natural history, risk etc
Search: Ovarian | Canary Journal
Clinical Care Options Oncology - numerous presentations
Clinical Care Options Oncology - Optimizing Treatment Choices in Ovarian Cancer
Early Detection and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
The Importance of Early Detection and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
Current Controversies in the Management of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
New Agents for the Management of Ovarian Cancer
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Coordinated prophylactic surgical management for women with hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome
BioMed Central | Full text | Coordinated prophylactic surgical management for women with hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome:
"Although we did not have any substantial complications associated with the gynecologic surgery in our series, there is a potential risk in adding the gynecologic procedure to prophylactic surgery, especially in the setting of autologous reconstructive surgery."
2008 Penetrance estimates for BRCA1 and BRCA2 based on genetic testing in a Clinical Cancer Genetics service setting
Research article Open Access
Penetrance estimates for BRCA1 and BRCA2 based on genetic
testing in a Clinical Cancer Genetics service setting: Risks of
breast/ovarian cancer quoted should reflect the cancer burden in
the family
1471-2407-8-155.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
News - Lymphadenectomy Improves 5-Year Survival Rates in Ovarian Cancer Patients: Presented at ESSO
Note the year of 1986:
News - Lymphadenectomy Improves 5-Year Survival Rates in Ovarian Cancer Patients: Presented at ESSO: "The International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging for ovarian cancer changed in 1986 to include both peritoneal and lymphatic assessment, Dr. Bergzoll noted."
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Cochrane Systematic Review of Colorectal Cancer Screening
Cochrane Systematic Review of Colorectal Cancer Screening
"Conclusions:
........Controversy still surrounds the most effective screening modality for the detection of CRC in the population.[9–11] Clarification of whether FOBT (either guaiac or immunochemical), flexible sigmoidoscopy (alone or in combination with FOBT), or colonoscopy will provide the greatest benefits over the potential risks is required."
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