dc.contributor.author | Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Bagos, Pantelis G. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Bonovas, Stefanos | en |
dc.creator | Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. | en |
dc.creator | Bagos, Pantelis G. | en |
dc.creator | Bonovas, Stefanos | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-22T09:54:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-22T09:54:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/42191 | |
dc.description.abstract | Meta-analysis is a quantitative approach for systematically combining the results of previous studies in order to arrive at conclusions about the body of research. It answers a specific research question, includes an explicit methodology section, employs strategies to minimize bias, yields objective findings and enables evidence-based decisions. In this review, we examine meta-analysis taking examples from the field of cancer chemoprevention, an innovative area of cancer research that focuses on the prevention of cancer through pharmacological, biologic, and nutritional interventions. In particular, we consider the practical steps involved in the conduct of a meta-analysis, illustrate the statistical techniques for the calculation of summary estimates, present the available methodology for detecting and minimizing bias and, finally, we discuss unresolved issues and future applications. © 2011 Bentham Science Publishers. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.source | Current Drug Targets | en |
dc.subject | Bias | en |
dc.subject | Methodology | en |
dc.subject | Regression analysis | en |
dc.subject | Publishing | en |
dc.subject | Meta-analysis | en |
dc.subject | Human | en |
dc.subject | Neoplasms | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Breast cancer | en |
dc.subject | Ovary cancer | en |
dc.subject | Statistical significance | en |
dc.subject | Review | en |
dc.subject | Confidence interval | en |
dc.subject | Hazard ratio | en |
dc.subject | Information retrieval | en |
dc.subject | Colorectal cancer | en |
dc.subject | Preeclampsia | en |
dc.subject | Meta analysis (topic) | en |
dc.subject | Sensitivity analysis | en |
dc.subject | Heart infarction | en |
dc.subject | Evidence-based medicine | en |
dc.subject | Meta-analysis as topic | en |
dc.subject | Statistical | en |
dc.subject | Cancer risk | en |
dc.subject | Risk assessment | en |
dc.subject | Nonsteroid antiinflammatory agent | en |
dc.subject | Randomized controlled trial (topic) | en |
dc.subject | Risk factor | en |
dc.subject | Anticarcinogenic agents | en |
dc.subject | Medline | en |
dc.subject | Cancer incidence | en |
dc.subject | Prostate cancer | en |
dc.subject | Cancer prevention | en |
dc.subject | Chemoprevention | en |
dc.subject | Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitor | en |
dc.subject | Pravastatin | en |
dc.subject | Pancreas cancer | en |
dc.subject | Clinical trials as topic | en |
dc.subject | Clinical effectiveness | en |
dc.subject | Study design | en |
dc.subject | Animals | en |
dc.subject | Paracetamol | en |
dc.subject | Calcium | en |
dc.subject | Cancer chemoprevention | en |
dc.subject | Data interpretation | en |
dc.subject | Attributable risk | en |
dc.subject | Bibliographic database | en |
dc.subject | Chemoprophylaxis | en |
dc.subject | Embase | en |
dc.subject | Heterogeneity | en |
dc.subject | Information dissemination | en |
dc.subject | Information storage and retrieval | en |
dc.subject | Null hypothesis | en |
dc.subject | Nutritional sciences | en |
dc.subject | Publication bias | en |
dc.subject | Scisearch | en |
dc.subject | Stratified sample | en |
dc.subject | Streptokinase | en |
dc.subject | Systematic error | en |
dc.title | Developing the evidence base for cancer chemoprevention: Use of meta-analysis | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2174/138945011798184191 | |
dc.description.volume | 12 | |
dc.description.issue | 13 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 1989 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 1997 | |
dc.author.faculty | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.author.department | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.[0000-0002-3307-0246] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Bagos, Pantelis G. [0000-0003-4935-2325] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Bonovas, Stefanos [0000-0001-6102-6579] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-3307-0246 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0003-4935-2325 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0001-6102-6579 | |