Critical appraisal:Strom T, Caudell JJ, Han D, Zager JS, Yu D, Cruse CW, et al 2014 2
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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 but adjusted analysis used
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: new technology - no description on treatment selection
comparison - retrospective from one institution baseline not comparable but analysis for sub-groups made objective measures used all patients accounted for intervention analysis |
This appraisal has been completed.
- Article
- Strom T, Caudell JJ, Han D, Zager JS, Yu D, Cruse CW, et al. Radiotherapy influences local control in patients with desmoplastic melanoma. Cancer 2014 May 1;120(9):1369-78 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24142775.
- Assigned to
- User:Cecilia.taing
- Topic area
- Guidelines:Melanoma
- Clinical question
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