The search for level I evidence in solid-tumor oncology

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 638-643

  Nadin, Brian M ^a,b   Mah, Caroline S ^a   Scharff, James R ^a   Ratner, David I ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Database searching; Evidence based medicine; Internet; Oncology; Personal digital assistant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIGITAL COMPUTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTERNET; ONCOLOGY; SOLID TUMOR;

DATABASES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MEDLINE; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034843639     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2001.8.8.638     Document Type: Article

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