Errors in systematic reviews: an example of computed tomography screening for lung cancer

Ref ID 577
First Author R. Yip
Journal EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION
Year Of Publishing 2014
URL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23715405/
Keywords • Error
• Oncology
• Diagnostic
Problem(s) • Errors in study inclusion or omission of relevant studies
• Errors in effect estimate calculations or data synthesis
• Data extraction errors and double counting
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Case study
First Author Country United States
Aim To highlight multiple examples of errors in an influential systematic review of computed tomography for lung cancer screening
Level of Investigation Analytical
Summary of Findings 151 errors were identified in total: 13 errors in selection of studies, 124 in misrepresentation of published reports, and 14 errors in calculation and rounding.
Number of systematic reviews included 1
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 1
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description