Meta-analysis is an objective examination of published data from many studies of the same research topic identified through a literature search. Through the use of rigorous statistical methods, it can ...

VIGICANCER: Understanding Real-World Childhood Cancer Clinical Outcomes in Colombia to Inform Cancer Control Policy A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ...

Questionable value of attribution when interpreting adverse event data: A joint evaluation by North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) and American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) ...

The benefit of beta-blockers after myocardial infarction in patients with a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is unclear. We conducted a meta-analysis at the individual-patient level ...

Acupuncture for breast cancer CINV is being systematically compared. Read more about this upcoming evidence review.

Meta-analyses (MAs) have long been considered the “gold standard” of evidence-based practice. They are often listed at the top of evidence hierarchies and cited as the final word on whether an ...

Objective To evaluate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on general cognition, memory and executive function across all populations and ages. Methods ...

Before new drugs are launched on the market they are tested in clinical studies in which one group of study participants often receives the new treatment and another group receives the current ...

Sometimes, psychological studies on the same topic show different results. To know what the evidence looks like when the data from all studies on a topic are combined, psychologists often conduct ...