A step-by-step guide to the systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic and prognostic test accuracy evaluations

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2299-2303

  Liu, Z ^a,b   Yao, Z ^a   Li, C ^c   Liu, X ^a   Chen, H ^a   Gao, C ^a  

^a The 150th Central Hospital of People's Liberation Army   (China)

^b JINAN MILITARY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Sichuan friendship hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnostic marker; Hazard ratio; Meta analysis; Prognostic marker; Sensitivity and specificity; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884199097     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.185     Document Type: Article

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