Prevalence and predictors of bias in the reporting of primary efficacy and toxicity endpoints in randomized clinical trials of radiation oncology

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 764-771

  Tan, Teng Hwee ^a,b   Chen, Desiree ^a,b   Soon, Yu Yang ^a,b   Tey, Jeremy Chee Seong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

bias; cancer; radiotherapy; randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIAS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84994291348     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.12494     Document Type: Article

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