| Ref ID | 225 |
| First Author | M. Shamsi |
| Journal | HEALTH PROMOTION PERSPECTIVES |
| Year Of Publishing | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7146040/pdf/hpp-10-97.pdf |
| Keywords |
• Oncology • Risk of bias • Searching |
| Problem(s) |
• Errors or omissions in search strategy • Risk of bias not incorporated into conclusions of review |
| Article Type | Editorial |
| Article Subtype | Comment/letter |
| First Author Country | Iran |
| Aim | A letter to the editor highlighting some flaws in the conduct of one systematic review of the incidence of prostate cancer published in 2019. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The authors highlight a number of errors in the conduct of one systematic review of the incidence of prostate cancer published in 2019 including: inappropriate use of Google Scholar as a search database; search using "prevalence" keywords which is different to "incidence"; typo error in number of studies included; results interpreted without incorporating quality assessment; and the authors assert that the tests for publication bias in assessment of "incidence" data conducted in this review are unnecessary as these are not studies of treatment effects. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 1 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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