Critical appraisal:Hinerman RW, Indelicato DJ, Amdur RJ, Morris CG, Werning JW, Vaysberg M, et al 2008

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 but adjusted analysis used

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?

Yes (follow-up >95%) or survival analysis using all patients

Overall risk of bias

Moderate risk of bias

Additional comments:

This appraisal has been completed.

Article

Hinerman RW, Indelicato DJ, Amdur RJ, Morris CG, Werning JW, Vaysberg M, et al. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma metastatic to parotid-area lymph nodes. Laryngoscope 2008 Nov;118(11):1989-96 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18849863.

Assigned to

User:Albert.chetcuti

Topic area

Guidelines:Keratinocyte carcinoma

Clinical question

• What should be the protocol to manage or treat locoregionally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma?

Form

Form:Quality appraisal cohort

Outcomes

Local-regional failure; Distant metastases; Overall survival; Cause-specific survival; Disease-free survival

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