Reporting quality of abstracts in phase III clinical trials of systemic therapy in metastatic solid malignancies

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sivendran, Shanthi ^a   Newport, Kristina ^b   Horst, Michael ^a   Albert, Adam ^c   Galsky, Matthew D ^d  

^a Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians Geriatrics   (United States)

^b Hospice and Community Care   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract; Cancer; Clinical trials; CONSORT; Open access; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTRATION; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLID TUMOR; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938598034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0885-9     Document Type: Article

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