Evidence-based oncology and hematology
Catalog and status of of the quality of medical evidence for the
most important clinical decisions in hematology and oncology
The Office of Technology Assessment of the Congress of the United
States has estimated that only 10-20% of medical practice is evidence-based.
Systematic assessment of the quality of medical evidence in different
subspecialty fields has not been attempted. To answer the questions How much hematology practice is
evidence-based?"
and How much oncology practice is
evidence-based?" we have created a CATALOG of the most important
clinical decisions in the field of HEMATO-ONCOLOGY. For each of
interventions associated with a particular clinical decision the QUALITY of MEDICAL EVIDENCE
supporting given decision/intervention is listed.
Click to review the summary of our results:SUMMARY RESULTS
Details of the study are published as " A status of the quality
of medical evidence in hematology-oncology" (Am J Med
1999;106:198-205)
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