Does cancer literature reflect multidisciplinary practice? A systematic review of oncology studies in the medical literature over a 20-year period

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 721-731

  Holliday, Emma B ^a   Ahmed, Awad A ^b   Yoo, Stella K ^c   Jagsi, Reshma ^d   Hoffman, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PUBLISHING; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; MEDICAL LITERATURES; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRACTICES; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOCAL THERAPY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTEMIC THERAPY; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATIONS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931440093     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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