Critical appraisal:Bates JE, Youn P, Usuki KY, Walter KA, Huggins CF, Okunieff P, et al 2015 2
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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
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?
- Yes (follow-up >95%) or survival analysis using all patients
Overall risk of bias
High risk of bias | Additional comments: representative sample, baseline not compared, survival measures, all patients accounted for |
- Article
- Bates JE, Youn P, Usuki KY, Walter KA, Huggins CF, Okunieff P, et al. Brain metastasis from melanoma: the prognostic value of varying sites of extracranial disease. J Neurooncol 2015 Nov;125(2):411-8 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26354772.
- Assigned to
- User:Cecilia.taing
- Topic area
- Guidelines:Melanoma
- Clinical question
Section below only relevant for Cancer Council Project Officer