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2024-03-28T09:28:47ZBreast cancer imaging : ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS) : part 1
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/13825
Title: Breast cancer imaging : ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS) : part 1
Authors: Vassallo, Pierre
Abstract: Ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS) is
a noninvasive malignancy and a
potential precursor to invasive cancer
at pathologic analysis, DCIS shows
proliferation of malignant epithelial
cells that line the ducts (at the level
of the terminal ductal–lobular unit)
(Fig 1) without invasion through the
basement membrane The detection
rate of DCIS has increased markedly
over the past two decades with the
advent of breast cancer screening.
Early detection and assessment
of extent of DCIS is important for
planning successful conservative
breast surgery. Half the cases of
recurrent DCIS are associated with
invasive ductal cancer. In addition,
20% of patients with DCIS develop
metastases within 10 years of initial
diagnosis.
Description: Part 2 of this article may be found through this link: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/138152013-01-01T00:00:00ZOn new medications, market access and Malta’s health system : interview with Mark Mallia
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/13824
Title: On new medications, market access and Malta’s health system : interview with Mark Mallia
Authors: Azzopardi, Marika
Abstract: The recently announced Malta Budget 2014 included a key health associated
proposal that assured that new medications shall be introduced
on the Government Formulary List in the coming year specifically targeting
the treatment of multiple sclerosis, ADHD and diabetes. The announcement
comes just a few hours prior to an interview with Mark Mallia, a pharmacist
and President of PRIMA (Pharmaceutical Research & Development Industry
Maltese Association). He shares some invaluable insight and concerns
regarding the current situation on medicines and their availability in Malta.
Interviewed by Marika Azzopardi2013-01-01T00:00:00Z‘We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from god to the medical profession’ : medicine in mainstream literature : part 2
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/13821
Title: ‘We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from god to the medical profession’ : medicine in mainstream literature : part 2
Abstract: The locus classicus that, arguably, above all other works, demonstrates the duality of human nature in
all of mankind, including in the medical profession, is Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) wherein doctors are portrayed as weak and fallible, primarily because
of the potential abuse of their special knowledge and abilities.12 The duality of man’s psyche is the
story’s overriding theme, an allegory of mankind’s permanent inner conflict between good and evil
through the potential dissociation of a single entity into two opposing selves. The story was recently
rewritten by Steven Moffat as Jekyll and billed as a modern-day sequel to the original novella.
Description: Part 1 of this article may be found through this link:
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/132522013-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Synapse : the medical professionals' network
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/13820
Title: The Synapse : the medical professionals' network
Editors: Galea, Wilfred; Ellul, Ian C.
Abstract: Apart from the normal articles regarding medicine, this issue contains also the following: Editor's word : Of white papers, pink cards and Christmas puddings - Ian C. Ellul; Dr Helen Pulasky in Star Trek : the next generation - Victor Grech; The caterer for your big day - Massimo Azzopardi2013-01-01T00:00:00Z