VOLUME 18, NUMBER 4                                                           JULY / AUGUST 2005

EDITORIALS
Ban on sale of non-iodized salt for human consumption: A step in the right direction  [TEXT] [PDF]  169
RAJAN SANKAR, C. S. PANDAV

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Validation of EORTC quality-of-life questionnaire in Indian women with operable breast cancer   [TEXT] [PDF] 172
V. PARMAR, R. A. BADWE, R. HAWALDAR, S. RAYABHATTANAVAR,
A. VARGHESE, R. SHARMA, I. MITTRA
Breast conservation therapy for breast cancer: Patient profile and treatment outcome at a tertiary care cancer centre  [TEXT] [PDF] 178
S. V. S. DEO, A. SAMAIYA, N. K. SHUKLA, B. K. MOHANTI, V. RAINA, J. PURKAYASTHA, M. BHUTANI, M. KAR, S. HAZARIKA, G. K. RATH


SHORT REPORT
Occult cobalamin and folate deficiency in Indians  [TEXT] [PDF] 182
UMA KHANDURI, ARCHNA SHARMA, ARTI JOSHI
In vitro efficacy of ciprofloxacin and gentamicin against a biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its free-living forms  [TEXT] [PDF] 184
GUNJAN AGARWAL, ARTI KAPIL, S. K. KABRA, BIMAL K. DAS, S. N. DWIVEDI

CLINICAL CASE REPORT
Prenatal diagnosis of von Willebrand disease in a family  [TEXT] [PDF] 187
SUCHETA TRASI, DIPIKA MOHANTY, SHRIMATI SHETTY, KANJAKSHA GHOSH

REVIEW ARTICLE
Infections transmitted from donors to recipients following organ transplantation  [TEXT] [PDF] 189
YANNAM GOVARDHANA RAO, D. F. MIRZA


SELECTED SUMMARIES
Early prostate cancer: Radical prostatectomy or watchful waiting  [TEXT] [PDF] 195

MEDICINE AND SOCIETY
The Tribal Health Initiative model for healthcare delivery: A clinical and epidemiological approach  [TEXT] [PDF] 197
HARI PRABHAKAR, RAVIKUMAR MANOHARAN

SPEAKING FOR MYSELF
Killing for the State: Death penalty and the medical profession A call for action in India  [TEXT] [PDF] 205
ANANT BHAN

CONFERENCES 209

LETTERS [PDF]
LETTER FROM NORTH AMERICA  210 | LETTER FROM MUMBAI 212 | LETTER FROM LONDON 215

BOOK REVIEWS 216

NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE 221

MASALA  222

NOTICES