Time to full publication of studies of anticancer drugs for breast cancer, and the potential for publication bias

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-116

  Harris, Petra ^a   Takeda, Andrea ^a   Loveman, Emma ^a   Hartwell, Debbie ^a  

^a Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer drugs; Methodology; Publication delay; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTI-CANCER AGENTS; ANTICANCER DRUG; ANTICANCER TREATMENT; BEVACIZUMAB; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DOCETAXEL; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; GEMCITABINE; JOURNAL PUBLICATION; LAPATINIB; MEDICAL DECISIONS; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; PACLITAXEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRASTUZUMAB; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSTRACTING; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; DRUG PRODUCTS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES;

REVIEWS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; DOCETAXEL; GEMCITABINE; LAPATINIB; PACLITAXEL; TRASTUZUMAB;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949895339     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462309990778     Document Type: Article

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