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1 Feb 2008
Analysis Calls For Medical Device Information To Better Serve Patients And Doctors
The approval process for medical devices does not involve the same rigorous review used for pharmaceuticals, and this needs to change in order to improve health outcomes, say researchers from the University of California, San Francisco.
24 May 2007
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
On February 12th, 2007, the California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) convened a “IMRT Roundtable on Prostate Cancer” to discuss issues surrounding the role and evidence base of IMRT as a treatment for prostate cancer.

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18 June 2008
Sheraton Gateway
Los Angeles, CA
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15 October 2008
Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
San Francisco, CA

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