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The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether participation in a commercially available board review course affected the likelihood of passing the general surgery certifying exam (CE) of the American Board of Surgery (ABS).Candidates who took the ABS CE during the 2012–2013 academic year were surveyed electronically about their participation in commercial board review courses on the ABS website...
The American Board of Surgery (ABS) Qualifying Examination (QE) represents an important step along the pathway to board certification. We investigated whether candidates who delayed taking the QE had worse performance on the examination.QE pass rates and equated scaled scores for all first-time examinees from 2006 to 2010 (n = 5,193) were reviewed. After eliminating examinees who could not be matched...
Background. An autosomal dominant syndrome of diffuse gastric cancer has been reported with germline mutations in the E-cadherin (CDH1) gene and has been identified in approximately 14 families and 50 individuals worldwide. Penetrance of the gene is 70% to 80%, and the average age of onset of gastric cancer is 37 years. These characteristics have led to the consideration of prophylactic total gastrectomy...
Background: African American women are seen with more advanced breast cancers, are less likely to be treated with breast-conserving surgery, and generally have poorer prognoses than white women. There are a myriad of potential causes for these phenomena. The purpose of this study was to measure racial differences in the surgical treatment of breast cancer among women with comparable health care access...
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