Critical appraisal:Balamucki CJ, Mancuso AA, Amdur RJ, Kirwan JM, Morris CG, Flowers FP, et al 2012

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Risk of bias assessment: cohort study

Subject selection
"New technology" group
Selected group
Comparison group
Selected group
Comparability of groups on demographic characteristics and clinical features
Not comparable and not adjusted for differences
Measurement of outcomes
Outcome measures blind to technology used
No, but objective measures used
Same method of measurement used across comparison groups
Yes
Completeness of follow-up
Was follow-up complete and were all patients included in the analysis?
Reasonable follow-up of all groups (>80%)
Overall risk of bias
High risk of bias Additional comments:


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Article
Balamucki CJ, Mancuso AA, Amdur RJ, Kirwan JM, Morris CG, Flowers FP, et al. Skin carcinoma of the head and neck with perineural invasion. Am J Otolaryngol 2012 Jul;33(4):447-54 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22185685.
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User:Albert.chetcuti
Topic area
Guidelines:Keratinocyte carcinoma
Clinical question
Form
Form:Quality appraisal cohort
Outcomes
Overall survival; cause-specific survival,; disease-free survival; freedom from distant metastases

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