Par Dalila Benhaberou-Brun Les statistiques sont affligeantes : Au Canada, le cancer de la prostate touche quelque 25 000 hommes et un sur six n’y survivra pas. En effet, 4300 hommes meurent chaque année de cette maladie dans d’atroces douleurs, une réalité qui alarme le Dr.Fred Saad, chirurgien en urologie et chercheur au CRCHUM CAS […]
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Tom, you are the new President and CEO of Hermes Medical Solutions. Can you give us a short resume of your previous involvement in the medical imaging field and give us a short idea of the company? Where is it based and in how many countries it is already involved in? It is an honour […]
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PSMA and the Prostate Cancer Tsunami On behalf of the editorial board and Dr. François Lamoureux, my co-editor, I would like to welcome you to the fifth issue of your nuclear medicine educational resource magazine ePatient Up to a few years ago we would have had some difficulty to share with you a true optimistic […]
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Social media plays a prominent part in the general public’s daily routine and primary information source on topics ranging from politics to medicine, regardless of occupation. In this article, the medical professional population is our primary interest. One recent study found that up to 94% of medical students, 79% of residents, and 42% of practicing […]
Read articleClick here The Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine (CANM) is in the process of establishing national guidelines for the performance and interpretation of Nuclear Medicine procedures in Canada with the aim to support the Nuclear Medicine specialists of Canada with readily accessible information as well as the hope of standardizing procedures across Canada as much […]
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By Dr. Rodrigo Jaimovich, M.D Past-President of ALASBIMN Professor, Nuclear Medicine at Clinica las Condes S.A Chili University, Chili La adecuada evaluación del compromiso ganglionar axilar en cáncer de mama es de tremenda importancia tanto para el pronóstico del paciente así como para la toma de decisiones acerca de la terapia. En algunos casos puede […]
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Dr. Francois Lamoureux and I are pleased to introduce the fourth issue of our/your ePatient magazine. It is hard to imagine that three years have passed since we published the first edition of the magazine. On behalf of the editorial board, we would like to thank everyone and all of you for your support, encouragements […]
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ePatient: You have been actively involved in medical imaging quite a while. Looking back at your career what are the most significant changes that you have witnessed in the field of medical imaging? I have now been working in the medical device and medical IT space for some 15 years. Interesting enough, I would say […]
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ePatient: You have been actively involved in the field of nuclear medicine for quite a while. Looking back at your career, what are the most significant changes that you have witnessed in the field over the past 10 years? I have witnessed a great deal of change since starting in nuclear pharmacy as an intern […]
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The life of a person diagnosed with cancer changes dramatically in a single moment when they hear the words “you have cancer”. Imagine what it feels like to hear that you have neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), a rare cancer that is “usually” slow growing. Canadians are hearing this news with increasing frequency as the incidence of […]
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