Conclusions in systematic reviews of mammography for breast cancer screening and associations with review design and author characteristics

Abstract Background Debates about the benefits and harms of mammography continue despite the accumulation of evidence. We sought to quantify the disagreement across systematic reviews of mammography and determine whether author or design characteristics were associated with conclusions that were fav...

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Main Authors: Smriti Raichand, Adam G. Dunn, Mei-Sing Ong, Florence T. Bourgeois, Enrico Coiera, Kenneth D. Mandl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-017-0495-6