Volume 37 Number 6
November - December 1999 Issue
C O N T E N T S
EDITORIAL
Internal Medicine: A Peak Into the Future
Mary Ann Lansang, M.D.
CLINICAL STUDIES
The Economic Impact of Smoking in the Philippines
Antonio Dans, M.D., Leonora Fernandez, M.D., Liberty Fajutaro, M.D., Maria Lourdes Amarillo, MSPH,
Jose Felipe Hernandez, M.D., Ethel Tangarorang, M.D., Maria Vanessa Villaruz, RN, Sheila Marie Jadioc, RN,
Ramon Navarra and Joselito Pascual
A Review of Paragonimiasis in the Philippines: Lung Flukes or Tubercle Bacilli?
Vicente Y. Belizario, M.D.
The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Physicians on Early Cancer Detection
Gerardo H. Cornelio, M.D., Susano B. Tanael, M.D., Corazon A. Ngelangel, M.D., Elisa Patricia May R. Malvar-Cornelio, M.D., Mary Cherryllyn S. Fernando, M.D., and Gracieux Y. Fernando, M.D.
Ramon F. Abarquez, Jr., M.D., and Esperanza I. Cabral, M.D.
Esperanza A. Icasas-Cabral, M.D.
Venancio I. Gloria, M.D., Ma. Lourdes O. Daez, M.D., Arnold Fernandez, M.D., and Andrew Dimacali, M.D.
Venancio I. Gloria, M.D., and Eulenia R. Nolasco, M.D.
Outpatient Percutaneous Needle Liver Biopsy: The Cebu Doctor’s Hospital Experience
Lamberto H. Garcia, M.D., Nicolas Aviles, M.D., Ronald Nonato, M.D., and Bernadette Moscoso, M.D.
CASE REPORT
Familial Adenomatous Polyposis with Adenocarcinomatous Progression
Rhoderick Ian G. Reyes, M.D., Ofelyn Yoro, M.D., Nerissa Rico, M.D., Wilzon Manuela, M.D., Sunny Tumangday,M.D.,
Rene Belmaceda, M.D., and Ernest Que, M.D.