Improving the quality of therapeutic reports of single cases and case series in oncology - Criteria and checklist

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 68-72

  Kienle, Gunver S ^a   Hamre, Harald J ^a   Portalupi, E ^b   Kiene, Helmut ^a  

^a Inst Appl Epistemol/Med M   (Germany)

^b Medico Oncologo   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HEALTH STATUS; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TUMOR VOLUME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644267411     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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