Critical appraisal:Wang JT, Palme CE, Wang AY, Morgan GJ, Gebski V, Veness MJ 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 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
Moderate risk of bias | Additional comments: |
- Article
- Wang JT, Palme CE, Wang AY, Morgan GJ, Gebski V, Veness MJ. In patients with metastatic cutaneous head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to cervical lymph nodes, the extent of neck dissection does not influence outcome. J Laryngol Otol 2013 Jan;127 Suppl 1:S2-7 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23046820.
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- User:Annika.stollery
- Topic area
- Guidelines:Keratinocyte carcinoma
- Clinical question
- Form
- Form:Quality appraisal cohort
- Outcomes
- Disease-specific survival
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