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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hasty generalizations and generics in medical research: A systematic review

PLOS ONE
It is unknown to what extent medical researchers generalize study findings beyond their samples when their sample size, sample diversity, or knowledge of conditions that support external validity do not warrant it. It is also unknown to what extent medical researchers describe their results with precise quantifications or unquantified generalizations ...
Uwe Peters, Henrik Røed Sherling, Benjamin Chin-Yee   +2 more
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Medical Student Research: An Integrated Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLOS ONE, 2015
Importance Malgré la diminution rapide du nombre de médecins-chercheurs, il n'existe jusqu'à présent aucune structure cohérente au sein de l'enseignement médical pour impliquer les étudiants en médecine dans la recherche. Objectif Mener une revue systématique intégrée à méthodes mixtes et une méta-analyse des études publiées sur la participation des ...
Mohamed Amgad, Marco Man Kin Tsui, Sarah Liptrott, Emad Shash   +3 more
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A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd, Melissa Taylor, Helen Fulbright, Bob Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systematic review : a cornerstone to promote the uptake of research findings for evidence-based practice [PDF]

, 2017
Review of existing research findings from the literature is essential to inform evidence-based practice, decision making, academia and policy. In the medical field, systematic review is considered as standard practice, while in other fields there are ...
Vella Bonanno, Patricia
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Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Requirements of health policy and services journals for authors to disclose financial and non-financial conflicts of interest: a cross-sectional study

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2017
Background The requirements of the health policy and services journals for authors to report their financial and non-financial conflicts of interest (COI) are unclear.
Assem M. Khamis, Maram B. Hakoum, Lama Bou-Karroum, Joseph R. Habib, Ahmed Ali, Gordon Guyatt, Fadi El-Jardali, Elie A. Akl   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Uptake of systematic reviews and meta-analyses based on individual participant data in clinical practice guidelines: descriptive study. [PDF]

, 2015
To establish the extent to which systematic reviews and meta-analyses of individual participant data (IPD) are being used to inform the recommendations included in published clinical ...
Cochrane IPD Meta-analysis Methods Group, ., Emberson, JR, Gueyffier, F, Rovers, MM, Rydzewska, LH, Stewart, LA, Vale, CL   +6 more
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Systematic Review of Researches on Medical Tourism

مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2012
Introduction: Medical tourism is a complex subject for studying. The aim of this study was to do systematically review, describe, and analyze medical tourism articles from all over the world. Methods: In order to perform this systematic review, the databases of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Science Direct, Emerald, Oxford, Magiran, and ...
Masoud Ferdosi, Alireza Jabbari, Mahmood Keyvanara, Zahra Agharahimi   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Motivational Factors for Labiaplasty: A Systematic Review of Medical Research

Journal of Clinical Medicine
Background/Objectives: Labiaplasty is an increasingly popular female genital plastic surgery; however, the motivational factors for women who undergo this procedure are controversial and not fully understood. This review aims to analyze the current medical research addressing the motivational factors behind the increasing prevalence of this procedure ...
Isabel Ortega-Sánchez, María Orosia Lucha-López, Sofía Monti-Ballano   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources