Localised prostate cancer: can we do better?

We must--and we can--do better.

Management of colorectal cancer--can we do better?

89 Colorectal cancer cases in Malaysia have steadily risen over the years with incidence rates mimicking our Western counterparts in certain race groups as reported in the National Cancer Registry . It is now the commonest male cancer and the third commonest female cancer, of which a significant proportion is accounted for by rectal cancer. The current statistics provide ample evidence of a con...

Hypnosis in Cancer Patients: Can We Do Better?

There is an official history of hypnotism: very often it begins with the Scottish surgeon James Braid (1795-1860) who was one of the first physicians to have used this word in 1843. Instead of using the standard magnetic induction popularized by magnetism/mesmerism1, he proposed his subjects to stare steadily at a shiny object to enter a trance. He tested his method to anesthetize his patients ...

Pain control in ambulatory cancer patients--can we do better?

To evaluate the degree of pain control among ambulatory cancer patients visiting the outpatient clinics of three oncology centers in south Israel, these patients were interviewed using the Brief Pain Inventory translated into Hebrew (BPI-Heb). Patients suffering from pain at least three times a week or reporting taking daily analgesics during the last two weeks were enrolled. Non-Hebrew speaker...

PL480 Food Aid: We Can Do Better

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