Critical appraisal:Padman S, Padbury R, Beeke C, Karapetis CS, Bishnoi S, Townsend AR, et al 2013 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
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?
No or not described
Overall risk of bias
High risk of bias Additional comments: Please replace this text and include any additional comments in regards to your risk of bias rating


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Article
Padman S, Padbury R, Beeke C, Karapetis CS, Bishnoi S, Townsend AR, et al. Liver only metastatic disease in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: impact of surgery and chemotherapy. Acta Oncol 2013 Nov;52(8):1699-706 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24102180.
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