Critical appraisal:Pawlik TM, Ross MI, Prieto VG, Ballo MT, Johnson MM, Mansfield PF, et al 2006 4
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Risk of bias assessment: cohort study
Subject selection
"New technology" group
- Highly selected or not described
Comparison group
- Highly selected or not described
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: Please replace this text and include any additional comments in regards to your risk of bias rating |
- Article
- Pawlik TM, Ross MI, Prieto VG, Ballo MT, Johnson MM, Mansfield PF, et al. Assessment of the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy for primary cutaneous desmoplastic melanoma. Cancer 2006 Feb 15;106(4):900-6 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16411225.
- Assigned to
- User:Cecilia.taing
- Topic area
- Guidelines:Melanoma
- Clinical question
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