Outcome of per protocol best-evidence based routine breast cancer care in a large regional hospital in Belgium: the importance of a prospective database in quality assurance.

Aim: Criteria for future accreditation of breast cancer centres in Belgium will be mainly based on the case load per surgeon or per centre. We would like to argue that the prospective collection of relevant data and the analysis of treatment related outcome derived from these data is feasible and should be the ultimate criterion for quality assessment and thus for accreditation since outcome is a more direct measurement of quality.

Methods: Data were prospectively collected on 715 invasive non metastatic breast cancers between 2002 and 2007 treated according to standard, best-evidence protocols in the setting of a large district hospital.

Three-day therapy of vaginal candidiasis with clotrimazole vaginal tablets and econazole ovules: a multicenter comparative study.

The activity and tolerance of 200 mg clotrimazole vaginal tablets and 150 mg econazole vaginal ovules were compared in the treatment of vaginal candidiasis in a controlled multicenter (3 centers) study. Treatment was allocated according to a randomized list and each investigator treated 20 patients per group. Duration of therapy was 3 days.

Three-day therapy of vaginal candidiasis with clotrimazole vaginal tablets and econazole ovules: a multicentre comparative study.

The activity and tolerance of 200 mg clotrimazole vaginal tablets and 150 mg econazole vaginal ovules were compared in the treatment of vaginal candidiasis in a controlled multicentre (3 centres) study. Treatment was allocated according to a randomized list and each investigator treated 20 patients per group. The duration of therapy was 3 days.

Ultrasound assessment of puerperal uterine involution.

Echographic measurement of the early postpartum uterus was performed, mainly to investigate whether involution patterns correlate with parity, the administration of oxytocin during labor, and lactation. Our findings suggest that these factors do not have a marked effect on uterine involution.