Anemia resulting from cancer or its treatment is an important clinical problem increasingly treated with the recombinant hematopoietic growth factor erythropoietin. To address uncertainties regarding… (More)
Systematic reviews are becoming prominent tools to guide health care decisions. As the number of published systematic reviews increases, it is common to find more than 1 systematic review addressing… (More)
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal…
1995
PURPOSE
To develop a conceptual tool for the systematic development of cancer treatment practice guidelines.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The guidelines development tool, the Practice Guidelines… (More)
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal…
2005
PURPOSE
To update the 2003 American Society of Clinical Oncology technology assessment on adjuvant use of aromatase inhibitors.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on results from multiple large randomized… (More)
BACKGROUND
Smoking is a risk factor for several cancers and may also limit the efficacy of treatment. In this study, we evaluated the influence of cigarette smoking during radiation therapy on the… (More)
BACKGROUND
We undertook research to improve the AGREE instrument, a tool used to evaluate guidelines. We tested a new seven-point scale, evaluated the usefulness of the original items in the… (More)
International journal of technology assessment in…
2003
OBJECTIVES
To describe a methodology used to keep practice guidelines up to date and to summarize data collected during the first year of implementing this plan with a cancer practice guidelines… (More)
BACKGROUND
A systematic review was conducted to develop clinical recommendations for concomitant chemotherapy (CT) and radiotherapy (RT) in patients with locally advanced squamous cell head and neck… (More)
BACKGROUND
We established a program of research to improve the development, reporting and evaluation of practice guidelines. We assessed the construct validity of the items and user's manual in the… (More)