Its 54 staff are on standby to deploy to affected areas to undertake expert assessments, to work with the government and partners to assist evacuees.
We undertook expert review of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) to identify conditions that could not be plausibly hospital-acquired.
She added: "What makes this intervention even more disturbing is that the deployment was reportedly undertaken against expert military advice, allegedly to protect the business interests of a politically connected elite, both in South Africa and in the CAR.
She had earlier said that the mission "was reportedly undertaken against expert military advice" and was "allegedly to protect the business interests of a politically connected elite, both in South Africa and the Central African Republic".
Axillary and/or supraclavicular irradiation can be undertaken (option, expert agreement).
If the resection is incomplete, annual follow-up, over many years (clinical and MRI), should be undertaken (option, expert agreement).
The prognostic value of complete resection is uncertain, but when it is possible to aim for radiologically complete resection safely, surgery should be undertaken (standard, expert agreement).
Prospective clinical trials using the criteria defined by the Working Group on Tumor Marker Criteria (Bonfrer, 1990) and evaluating the rate of change in tumour marker levels should be undertaken (recommendation, expert agreement).
Evidence of effectiveness suggests that survival is improved when surgery is done by specialists in gynaecological oncology and when treatment is undertaken by expert multi-disciplinary teams (NHS Centre for reviews and dissemination, 1999).
The ICIS would suggest that in selected trials, off-site independent review of imaging data is undertaken by expert oncological radiologists who have experience in this subspecialty of diagnostic radiology.
