Critical appraisal:Rutkowski P, Nowecki ZI, Dziewirski W, Zdzienicki M, Pieñkowski A, Salamacha M, et al 2010 2

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

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Article

Rutkowski P, Nowecki ZI, Dziewirski W, Zdzienicki M, Pieñkowski A, Salamacha M, et al. Melanoma without a detectable primary site with metastases to lymph nodes. Dermatol Surg 2010 Jun;36(6):868-76 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20482725.

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User:Lyndal.alchin

Topic area

Guidelines:Melanoma

Clinical question

• What is the appropriate treatment for macroscopic (i.e. detectable clinically or by ultrasound) nodal metastasis?

Form

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