Meta-analytic comparison of randomized and nonrandomized studies of breast cancer surgery | Zendy

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Meta-analytic comparison of randomized and nonrandomized studies of breast cancer surgery

Author(s) -

Janet Edwards,

Elizabeth Kelly,

Yongtao Lin,

Taryn J. Lenders,

William A. Ghali,

Andrew Graham

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.023410

Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , breast cancer , medline , meta analysis , cochrane library , relative risk , surgery , cancer , confidence interval , political science , law

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are thought to provide the most accurate estimation of "true" treatment effect. The relative quality of effect estimates derived from nonrandomized studies (nRCTs) remains unclear, particularly in surgery, where the obstacles to performing high-quality RCTs are compounded. We performed a meta-analysis of effect estimates of RCTs comparing surgical procedures for breast cancer relative to those of corresponding nRCTs.

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