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Integrating Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance Schemes with Guideline Development: Extension of the GIN-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist
To formally integrate guidelines and quality assurance and improvement (QAI), guideline developers need to understand concepts and terminology that the QAI field uses. We created an enhanced framework...
Defining decision thresholds for judgments on health benefits and harms using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Evidence to Decision (EtD) frameworks: a protocol for a methodological study
The objective of this study is an approach to derive and use decision thresholds for EtD judgments about the magnitude of health benefits and harms. We hypothesise that approximate decision thresholds...
Benefits and harms of annual, biennial, or triennial breast cancer mammography screening for women at average risk of breast cancer: a systematic review for the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC)
Although mammography screening is recommended in most European countries, the balance between the benefits and harms of different screening intervals is still a matter of debate. This review informed ...
Preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ: a systematic review for the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC)
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of preoperative MRI in the management of Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
Benefits and harms of breast cancer mammography screening for women at average risk of breast cancer: a systematic review for the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC)
Mammography screening is generally accepted in women aged 50–69, but the balance between benefits and harms remains controversial in other age groups. This study systematically reviews these effects t...
Challenges in applying the GRADE approach to public health guideline development: Conceptual paper from the GRADE Public Health Group
This article explores the need for conceptual advances and practical guidance in the application of the GRADE approach within public health contexts.
Digital breast tomosynthesis compared to diagnostic mammographic projections (including magnification) among women recalled at screening mammography: a systematic review for the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC)
Diagnostic mammography projections have been traditionally used in the assessment of women recalled after a suspicious screening mammogram. Digital breast tomosynthesis reduces the tissue overlap effe...
Methods for Development of the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer Guidelines
Neither breast cancer prevention and early-detection programs, nor their outcomes, are uniform across Europe. This article describes the rationale, methods, and process for development of the European...
Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis: A synopsis of the European Breast Guidelines
The European Commission Initiative for Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis guidelines (European Breast Guidelines) are coordinated by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. The target audi...
Development and Use of Health Outcome Descriptors: A Guideline Development Case Study
McMaster GRADE Centre researchers developed ‘health outcome descriptors’ for standardizing descriptions of health outcomes to support the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) G...
To formally integrate guidelines and quality assurance and improvement (QAI), guideline developers need to understand concepts and terminology that the QAI field uses. We created an enhanced framework...
The objective of this study is an approach to derive and use decision thresholds for EtD judgments about the magnitude of health benefits and harms. We hypothesise that approximate decision thresholds...
Although mammography screening is recommended in most European countries, the balance between the benefits and harms of different screening intervals is still a matter of debate. This review informed ...
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of preoperative MRI in the management of Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
Mammography screening is generally accepted in women aged 50–69, but the balance between benefits and harms remains controversial in other age groups. This study systematically reviews these effects t...
This article explores the need for conceptual advances and practical guidance in the application of the GRADE approach within public health contexts.
Diagnostic mammography projections have been traditionally used in the assessment of women recalled after a suspicious screening mammogram. Digital breast tomosynthesis reduces the tissue overlap effe...
Neither breast cancer prevention and early-detection programs, nor their outcomes, are uniform across Europe. This article describes the rationale, methods, and process for development of the European...
The European Commission Initiative for Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis guidelines (European Breast Guidelines) are coordinated by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. The target audi...
McMaster GRADE Centre researchers developed ‘health outcome descriptors’ for standardizing descriptions of health outcomes to support the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) G...