The challenge of systematic reviews of diagnostic and staging studies in cancer

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 628-639

  Lyman, Gary H ^a   Djulbegovic, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Meta analysis; Staging

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAMMOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 27944459261     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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