Monthly Archives: February 2012
Renal and bladder cancer: current trends and controversies
Urology and oncology specialists came together in London on the 26th–27th January to discuss new developments and controversial topics at the 3rd National Renal and Bladder Cancer conference. Around 80 specialists attended each day including surgeons, oncologists, radiologists and scientists. An important theme linking many speakers’ presentations across both days was personalized cancer treatment, and … Read more »
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Unpublished research is a serious problem for evidence-based decision making in healthcare, and this was recently highlighted on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and in an entire issue of the BMJ. Systematic reviews aim to present the totality of the evidence, and a problem for those preparing and maintaining these reviews is how to find… Read more »
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