Patient-reported outcomes in head and neck and thyroid cancer randomised controlled trials: A systematic review of completeness of reporting and impact on interpretation

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 144-161

  Mercieca Bebber, Rebecca L ^a,b   Perreca, Alessandro ^c   King, Madeleine ^a,b   Macann, Andrew ^d   Whale, Katie ^e   Soldati, Salvatore ^c   Jacobs, Marc ^f,g   Efficace, Fabio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases (GIMEMA)   (Italy)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g PHARMERIT INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data Reporting; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Patient reported outcome; Quality of Life I01.800 ; Systematic Review; Thyroid Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; THYROID CANCER; BIOASSAY; CHECKLIST; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF REPORT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHECKLIST; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF REPORT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84957565416     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.12.025     Document Type: Review

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