Radiation myelopathy is a rare, devastating, late effect of radiotherapy to the spinal cord.
Spinal cord tolerance is currently accepted as about 50Gy in 1.8–2Gy fractions. However …

The SHIELD program for Hodgkin lymphoma in patients 60 years of age or older,
prospectively evaluated clinical features and outcome in a large patient cohort (n= 175). The …

This best practice review examines four series of common primary care questions in
laboratory medicine:(i)“minor” blood platelet count and haemoglobin abnormalities;(ii) …

This first best practice review examines four series of common primary care questions in
laboratory medicine, namely:(i) measurement and monitoring of cholesterol and of liver and …

Microcytic anaemia is often assumed to indicate iron deficiency, but up to 20-30% of patients
will have another diagnosis, particularly anaemia of chronic inflammation or myelodysplasia …

Aims: To examine whether variations in pathology test requesting between different general
practices can be accounted for by sociodemographic or other descriptive indicators of the …

A manual process for detecting and counting craters on the surface of a planetary body
becomes impractical when attempting to survey a large surface area. Similarly, existing …

Aims—To identify a model to assess general practitioner use of pathology services that
could be applied to assess specific interventions designed to promote best practice …

summary The objective was to assess both our local plan and the assumptions made in the
national guidelines on how laboratories should prepare for an acute shortage of red cells …

This fifth best practice review examines three series of common primary care questions in
laboratory medicine:(1) minor liver function test abnormalities;(2) laboratory monitoring of …