Methods Our team included two specialists in geriatrics, a psychia-trist, and a social worker.
Coordination of the study was the responsibility of a medically qualified member. We studied …

KIE: The QALY (quality adjusted life year) is an index developed by economists at Britain's
York University to take account of quality of life factors as well as duration of survival in …

Delay in the presentation of symptoms and in referral of patients for surgical opinion remains
an important problem in colorectal cancer. Factors influencing patients to consult early …

RESULTS During the period, 252 mongols were identified in a population of 231,619 total
births (1 09 per 1,000). The incidence of mongolism at birth has not previously been givenfor …

Data relating to 1022 patients with early breast cancer who were entered into a clinical trial
have been analysed to assess the importance of various factors in predicting prognosis. …

All women aged 50--79 were invited by two group practices to undergo screening and 57%
accepted. Women of the same age range in other practices, who referred themselves, were …

A detailed examination of the nature and sequence of symptoms of women with breast cancer
has shown that these have an important effect on delay. Women whose initial symptoms …

Currently we have over 400 people attending our community care (depot) clinic, as well as
numerous other psychiatric outpatient clinics, most of whom are entirely dependent on some …

UP to the last ten years very little has been written concerning injuries to the crucial ligaments,
and references in literature concerning the operative treatment for the condition have …

The incidence of mongolism increases so remarkably with advancing maternal age that it
hardly seemed necessary to earlier workers to know the maternal age structure of the …