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Showing posts with label evidence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evidence. Show all posts
Friday, February 03, 2012

abstract: Physician Knowledge and Awareness of CA-125 as a Screen for Ovarian Cancer in the Asymptomatic, Average-Risk Population - CDC study

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Physician Knowledge and Awareness of CA-125 as a Screen for Abstract Effective early detection strategies for ovarian cancer do not...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

full free access: How Research Influences Policy Makers: Still Hazy After All These Years — J. Natl. Cancer Inst. Steven Lewis (author)

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"Libraries have been written about the theory and practice of public policy making. Yet, this enormous scholarship has proved ...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

free full access: WHO/PLoS Collection “No Health Without Research”

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"It seems astonishing that in the 21st century decisions on health care can still be made without a solid grounding in research evide...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Level of Scientific Evidence Underlying Recommendations Arising From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines — JCO

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Conclusion: Recommendations issued in the NCCN guidelines are largely developed from lower levels of evidence but with uniform expert opin...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

full free access: More stakeholder engagement is needed to improve quality of research, say US experts

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Blogger's note: Agree   based on years of RCT reviews "Researchers need to overcome the evidence paradox of 18 000 randomised tr...

Review: Cochrane Collaboration - Palliative surgery versus medical management for bowel obstruction in ovarian cancer

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Surgery compared to non-surgical treatment to relieve symptoms of bowel obstruction in ovarian cancer Authors' conclusions We found ...
Sunday, August 08, 2010

How to Avoid a Heart Attack: Putting It All Together -Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

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Note: this is not specific to treatment-related cardiovascular concerns Conclusion The central question posed in the letter to the editor...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

EvidenceUpdates: Cochrane Collaboration review: Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults including professional commentaries and warning

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CONCLUSIONS: Influenza vaccines have a modest effect in reducing influenza symptoms and working days lost. There is no evidence that they ...
Monday, June 14, 2010

Health Affairs -- Comments on: Evidence That Consumers Are Skeptical About Evidence-Based Health Care

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Wednesday, May 05, 2010

When Reputation Trumps Evidence-based Outcomes :: article

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"It’s in the interests of public health to try our best to measure what should guide our health decisions – and to measure what actuall...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

April 2010: Genomics|Genetic Testing|EGAPP Recommendations|Lynch Syndrome

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EGAPP Working Group Recommendation Genetic testing strategies in newly diagnosed individuals with colorectal cancer aimed at redu...

Combination versus sequential cytotoxic chemotherapy in recurrent ovarian cancer: Time for an evidence-based comparison

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Note: no abstract/subscriber based journal ($$) Combination versus sequential cytotoxic chemotherapy in recurrent ovarian cancer: Time for ...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

Of Value: A Discussion of Cost, Communication, and Evidence to Improve Cancer Care -- The Oncologist

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines and patient information material.

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Authors’ conclusions There is little evidence from randomised controlled trials of the effects of consumer involvement in healthcare decis...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

'New' Evidence for Clinical Practice Guidelines: 'New' Evidence for Clinical Practice Guidelines: Should we Search for 'Preference Evidence'?

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Abstract Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are systematically developed statements to assist both patient and practitioner decisions. Th...
Friday, March 19, 2010

Tamoxifen for relapse of ovarian cancer. Cochrane Collaboration review (abstract)

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AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: We are unable to make any evidence-based recommendations as we found no comparative studies assessing the effecti...