Carol Sawka

TL;DR: Zidovudine and moderate-dose-interferon alfa may be combined safely for the treatment of HIV-associated KS, and both response to treatment and toxicity are dose related.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that significant strides in symptom screening and response can be achieved within a year using rapid-cycle change and collaborative approaches, and showed that both short- and long-term improvement require ongoing facilitation to embed the changes in system design and change the culture of clinical practice.

TL;DR: The efficacy of tamoxifen appears to be similar to that of ovarian ablation by surgery or irradiation as first-line therapy for premenopausal, ER positive metastatic breast cancer, and is unlikely to be substantially inferior.

TL;DR: Women with node-negative breast cancer and tumours less than or equal to 20 mm in diameter who were initial seen at a teaching hospital had significantly better survival than women with similar tumours who were initially seen atA community hospital.

TL;DR: Lower patient age, smaller tumour size, a noncentral unifocal tumour, absence of extensive ductal carcinoma in situ and initial surgery by a surgeon with an academic affiliation were associated with greater use of BCS in both provinces.