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Richard Smith: Communicating with patients about ductal carcinoma in situ

Posted on September 7, 2011September 7, 2011 by BMJ

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a condition we don’t understand. We don’t know its significance, how to describe it, and how to treat it. Worse, we may have created it. Its incidence in the US in 1975 was 1.87 per 100 000; now it’s 32.5. During that time there has been no drop in […]

Oscar Yang: A Sino-Kiwi in Scotland

Posted on September 22, 2009September 23, 2009 by BMJ

So finally, when dusk fades into darkness, I sit down at my computer to type my first BMJ blog entry. I’m sitting at the warmly-lit dinner table in my second floor apartment on South Clerk Street in Edinburgh, looking over the quiet darkened streets mapping this auspicious city. The calm contrasts with the haste of the day. Busy people, heavy traffic. Tourists […]