Meta-Analysis as Topic
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Incorporating multiple interventions in meta-analysis: an evaluation of the mixed treatment comparison with the adjusted indirect comparison.

19 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Comparing the effectiveness of interventions is now a requirement for regulatory approval in several countries. It also aids in clinical and public health decision-making. However, in the absence of head-to-head randomized trials (RCTs), ... Read more...

Declines in acute myocardial infarction after smoke-free laws and individual risk attributable to secondhand smoke.

19 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The estimated effects of recent pubic and workplace smoking restriction laws suggest that they produce significant declines in community rates of heart attack. The consistency of these declines with existing estimates of the relative ... Read more...

[Breast cancer irradiation in elderly]

16 Sep 2009 In Western countries, about 25% of breast cancers (BC) occur in women older than 70 years old. Local control is a crucial step to cure disease, because locoregional relapse (LRR) is a major risk factor of subsequent metastases. After mastectomy, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Meta-Analysis as Topic'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Making the best use of available evidence: the case of new generation antidepressants: a response to: are all antidepressants equal? 30 Oct 2009
• Concerns about a meta-analysis of computer smoking cessation programs. 24 Oct 2009
• ALLHAT findings revisited in the context of subsequent analyses, other trials, and meta-analyses. 24 Oct 2009
• Use of erythropoietins in patients with renal transplants. 21 Oct 2009
• PRISMAtic reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. 8 Oct 2009
• Redundant data in the meta-analysis on Helicobacter pylori eradication. 4 Oct 2009
• Improve care with clinical practice guidelines. 29 Sep 2009
• Re: Tandem vs single autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for the treatment of multiple myeloma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 28 Sep 2009
• Public smoking bans are good for the heart. 27 Sep 2009
• Bran and irritable bowels. Bran's deleterious effects: much ado about nothing. 27 Sep 2009
• Relationship between bone, fracture, and exercise: the key role of vitamin D. 26 Sep 2009
• Incorporating multiple interventions in meta-analysis: an evaluation of the mixed treatment comparison with the adjusted indirect comparison. 19 Sep 2009
• Declines in acute myocardial infarction after smoke-free laws and individual risk attributable to secondhand smoke. 19 Sep 2009
• [Breast cancer irradiation in elderly] 16 Sep 2009
• Controlling the complications of diabetes: it's about the sugar. 13 Sep 2009
• Potential risks of using LABAs with ICS therapy. 13 Sep 2009
• Polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinases 1, 2, 3 and 9 and susceptibility to lung, breast and colorectal cancer in over 30,000 subjects. 13 Sep 2009
• Aspirin in the primary prevention of vascular disease. 10 Sep 2009
• Aspirin in the primary prevention of vascular disease. 10 Sep 2009
• Aspirin in the primary prevention of vascular disease. 10 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Meta-Analysis as Topic'

Definition: A quantitative method of combining the results of independent studies (usually drawn from the published literature) and synthesizing summaries and conclusions which may be used to evaluate therapeutic effectiveness, plan new studies, etc., with application chiefly in the areas of research and medicine.

Descriptor UI: D015201

Alternative terms: Meta-Analysis as Topic; Meta Analysis as Topic; Data Pooling; Data Poolings; Overviews, Clinical Trial; Clinical Trial Overviews; Clinical Trial Overview; Overview, Clinical Trial;

Related Mesh Headings: Review Literature as Topic; Publication Bias;

Tree Number: E05.318.780.500; E05.581.500.501; N05.715.360.780.515; N06.850.520.445.500;

History Note: 2008(1989)

Technical Notes: for general design, methodology, economics, etc. of meta-analysis studies; a different heading META-ANALYSIS is used for reports of a specific meta-analysis study