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Research Culture’s Role in Contributing to Research Waste

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Systematic reviews are the gold standard of evidence syntheses and underpin decision making which affects outcomes for patients globally. A research integrity project funded by the UK Research and Innovation Medical Research Council, entitled ...
Lesley Uttley
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Methods to perform systematic reviews of patient preferences: a literature survey

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2017
Background Systematic reviews are a commonly used research design in the medical field to synthesize study findings. At present—although several systematic reviews of patient preference studies are published—there is no clear guidance available for ...
Tsung Yu, Nomin Enkh-Amgalan, Ganchimeg Zorigt   +2 more
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Instruments for assessing the risk of falls in acute hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2013
Background Falls are a serious problem for hospitalized patients, reducing the duration and quality of life. It is estimated that over 84% of all adverse events in hospitalized patients are related to falls.
Aranda-Gallardo, Marta, Barrero-Sojo, Silvia, Canca-Sanchez, Jose Carlos, Enríquez-de-Luna, Margarita, Mora-Banderas, Ana María, Morales-Asencio, Jose Miguel, Morales-Fernández, Ángeles, Moya-Suárez, Ana Belén, Pérez-Jiménez, Claudia   +8 more
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Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song, Jonathan Baron, Carlos Chavez Perez, Sidharth Ramesh, Jane Minturn, Kavita A. Desai, Amish C. Shah, Jean M. Belasco, Kristina A. Cole, Michael J. Fisher, Phillip B. Storm, Peter M. Madsen, Goldie Kurtz, Robert A. Lustig, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Michael J. LaRiviere   +15 more
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Outcome reporting bias in trials: a methodological approach for assessment and adjustment in systematic reviews

British medical journal, 2018
Systematic reviews of clinical trials aim to include all relevant studies conducted on a particular topic and to provide an unbiased summary of their results, producing the best evidence about the benefits and harms of medical treatments.
J. Kirkham, D. Altman, A. Chan, C. Gamble, K. Dwan, P. Williamson   +5 more
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Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often exhibit early deficits in muscle and movement competence, which can compromise long‐term health. Integrative neuromuscular training (INT), a multifaceted approach combining fundamental movement activities with strength exercises, may help address these deficits during ...
Anna Maria Markarian, Robert U. Newton, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nicholas G. Gottardo, Santosh Valvi, Carolyn J. Peddle‐McIntyre, Jodie Cochrane Wilkie, Daniel A. Galvão   +7 more
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Interventions to promote medical student well-being: an overview of systematic reviews

BMJ Open
Objective To conduct an overview of systematic reviews that explore the effectiveness of interventions to enhance medical student well-being.Design Overview of systematic reviews.Data sources The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE, APA ...
Jeremy Howick, Josie Solomon, Cara Lewis, Keith Nockels, Amber Bennett-Weston, Leila Keshtkar, Max Jones, Christopher Sanders   +7 more
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Increased Workload for Systematic Review Literature Searches of Diagnostic Tests Compared With Treatments: Challenges and Opportunities

JMIR Medical Informatics, 2014
BackgroundComprehensive literature searches are conducted over multiple medical databases in order to meet stringent quality standards for systematic reviews.
Petersen, Henry, Poon, Josiah, Poon, Simon K, Loy, Clement   +3 more
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Two Faces of NOTCH1 in Childhood Lymphoblastic T‐Cell Neoplasia: Prognostic Divergence of Mutational and Structural Aberrations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In pediatric patients, T‐cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T‐LBL) survival exceeds 80%. Relapse remains associated with limited curative options. Frontline treatment is largely extrapolated from T‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T‐ALL) treatment, reflecting the ongoing debate, whether both entities represent distinct diseases or variants within ...
Marie C. Heider, Amelie Alfert, Marc Hotfilder, Birgit Burkardt, Marcel te Vrugt   +4 more
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