Recommendations for improving the quality of reporting clinical electrochemotherapy studies based on qualitative systematic review

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-13

  Campana, Luca G ^a,b   Clover, A James P ^c   Valpione, Sara ^b,d   Quaglino, Pietro ^e   Gehl, Julie ^f   Kunte, Christian ^g   Snoj, Marko ^h,i   Cemazar, Maja ^h   Rossi, Carlo R ^a,b   Miklavcic, Damijan ^j   Sersa, Gregor ^h  

^a VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^d CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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Author keywords

clinical trials; electrochemotherapy; recommendations

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POPULATION MODEL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; SCIENTIST; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84960964694     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/raon-2016-0006     Document Type: Review

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