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Axillary dissection in women with sentinel node metastasis.

Ineffective surgical procedures are used to treat Canadians with osteoarthritis

PAs, NPs and defensive medicine in the ED.

Breast capsulectomy specimens and their clinical implications.

Ask the doctor. I am an 84-year-old man with atrial fibrillation, mild heart failure, and well-controlled high blood pressure. My doctor had me wear a Holter monitor and get a SPECT scan (which showed mild nonischemic cardiomyopathy). Now he wants me to have a cardiac MRI. What information would this test give that he doesn't already have?

[Clinical ecomomics: a pleading for complementing the medical curriculum and specialty training].

Regulatory. RAC's medical necessity reviews pick up steam.

Erect chest radiography in the setting of the acute abdomen: essential tool or an unnecessary waste of resources?

[Screening at the general pratitioner].

[Tumor diagnosis with PET-CT. Are false hopes raised in cancer patients? (interview by Ute Kempf)].

Avoiding cavity surgery in penetrating torso trauma: the role of the computed tomography scan.

Multidetector computed tomography scanning is still the gold standard for diagnosis of acute aortic syndromes.

Stress only myocardial perfusion imaging: Is it time for a change?

Why did so many women develop cancer? Part 2.

Faecal calprotectin for screening of patients with suspected inflammatory bowel disease: diagnostic meta-analysis

Diagnostic tests: how do you walk the line?

Justifying multiple survival surgeries. Approval is appropriate.

Is computed tomography safe?

Elimination of unnecessary cervical spine radiographs in the emergency department.

Justifying multiple survival surgeries. Right decision; inadequate justification.