Today's episode is a topic most frequently seen in pediatric surgery departments and pediatric oncology services.
When the words pediatric, surgery and oncology are all in the same sentence it normally is a very painful situation, but Wilms' tumor is one of those disease that can be considered a success story.  

Next week: Inflammatory Bowel disease

Today's episode deals with a subject that very sensitive and it should serve as a reminder to all of us, that when we treat patients with infertility we have to be responsive to how the disease can affect them and not make any assumptions on how they can feel.

Next week: Wilms Tumor

Myasthenia gravis is one of those diseases that used to be a very serious disorder, with a mortality of almost 30%. Thanks to advances in treatment, today it has a very low mortality rate.

Next week: Infertility

Attended:
The 6th International Symposium on Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy and Other Transthyretin Related Disorders
&
The 5th International Workshop on Liver Transplantation in Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy

The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, California, USA August 24-26, 2005

And spent 1 week on vacation.

Next week for sure: Myasthenia gravis