A for effort: Learning from the application of the GRADE approach to cancer guideline development

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1025-1026

  Brouwers, Melissa C ^a   Somerfield, Mark R ^a   Browman, George P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; NOTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949107544     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.6373     Document Type: Editorial

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