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1 Practice guidelines developed by specialty societies: the need for a critical appraisal. Lancet 2000 8.10
2 Cytotoxic and hormonal treatment for metastatic breast cancer: a systematic review of published randomized trials involving 31,510 women. J Clin Oncol 1998 3.65
3 Consumer participation in research and health care. BMJ 1997 3.38
4 What contributions do languages other than English make on the results of meta-analyses? J Clin Epidemiol 2000 3.37
5 Completeness of reporting of trials published in languages other than English: implications for conduct and reporting of systematic reviews. Lancet 1996 3.17
6 A quality assessment of randomized control trials of primary treatment of breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 1986 3.14
7 Benefits and costs of screening and treatment for early breast cancer. Development of a basic benefit package. JAMA 1995 2.62
8 Randomized clinical trials on medical treatment of glaucoma. Are they appropriate to guide clinical practice? Arch Ophthalmol 1993 2.44
9 Quality, evolution, and clinical implications of randomized, controlled trials on the treatment of lung cancer. A lost opportunity for meta-analysis. JAMA 1989 2.18
10 Quality of systematic reviews used in guidelines for oncology practice. Ann Oncol 2006 2.15
11 Follow-up strategies for women treated for early breast cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005 1.98
12 Disclosure of breast cancer diagnosis: patient and physician reports. GIVIO (Interdisciplinary Group for Cancer Care Evaluation, Italy) Ann Oncol 1991 1.87
13 Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Ann Oncol 1997 1.85
14 Effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in critically ill adult patients: systematic review of randomised controlled trials. BMJ 1998 1.75
15 A European version of the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol. Goals and presentation. The BIOMED I Group on Appropriateness of Hospital Use. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 1999 1.73
16 The impact of patient management guidelines on the care of breast, colorectal, and ovarian cancer patients in Italy. Med Care 1991 1.62
17 Reliability study of the European appropriateness evaluation protocol. Int J Qual Health Care 1999 1.59
18 Incessant ovulation and ovarian cancer: a critical approach. Int J Epidemiol 1983 1.51
19 Essential requirements for practice guidelines at national and local levels. Neurol Sci 2004 1.49
20 A meta-analysis of trials on aldose reductase inhibitors in diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The Italian Study Group. The St. Vincent Declaration. Diabet Med 1996 1.46
21 The risk of bias from omitted research. BMJ 2000 1.43
22 Do specialists do it better? The impact of specialization on the processes and outcomes of care for cancer patients. Ann Oncol 1998 1.43
23 The consequences of under-use of coronary revascularization; results of a cohort study in Northern Italy. Eur Heart J 2001 1.41
24 Promoting consumers' demand for evidence-based medicine. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 1998 1.24
25 Practice guidelines: useful and "participative" method? Survey of Italian physicians by professional setting. Arch Intern Med 2001 1.22
26 Follow-up strategies for women treated for early breast cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000 1.13
27 Updating clinical recommendations for breast, colorectal and lung cancer treatments: an opportunity to improve methodology and clinical relevance. Ann Oncol 2010 1.09
28 Appropriateness of hospital use: an overview of Italian studies. Int J Qual Health Care 1995 1.03
29 Psychological outcomes in women with early breast cancer. BMJ 1990 0.99
30 Risk factors for pathologically confirmed benign breast disease. Am J Epidemiol 1984 0.97
31 Social factors, diet and breast cancer in a northern Italian population. Br J Cancer 1984 0.96
32 Noncontraceptive estrogen use and the occurrence of ovarian cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 1982 0.96
33 Evaluation of risk of Parkinson's disease in a cohort of licensed pesticide users. Neurol Sci 2002 0.93
34 Quality of life in women with recurrent breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 1999 0.92
35 Patients' assessment of quality of care: a survey of a group of breast cancer patients in Italy. Tumori 1985 0.92
36 Adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. A pooled estimate based on published randomized control trials. JAMA 1986 0.90
37 Truth telling: a cultural or individual choice? JAMA 1993 0.90
38 Low-dose neuroleptic therapy and relapse in schizophrenia: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Eur Psychiatry 1996 0.89
39 The clinical relevance of the epidemiology of ovarian cancer. Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol 1984 0.89
40 Lung cancer care in general hospitals. Tumori 1983 0.89
41 Sensory stimulation for brain injured individuals in coma or vegetative state. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2002 0.86
42 Interferon treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B: a meta-analysis of the published literature. J Hepatol 1993 0.86
43 Beware of surrogate outcome measures. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 1996 0.85
44 Care of cancer patients in thirty-one Italian general hospitals. Methodological aspects and general findings. Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol 1983 0.83
45 GPs' satisfaction with the doctor-patient encounter: findings from a community-based survey. Fam Pract 2003 0.83
46 Inappropriate Halsted mastectomy and patient volume in Italian hospitals. Am J Public Health 1993 0.83
47 Quality of breast-cancer care in Italian general hospitals. Lancet 1982 0.82
48 The influence of patient characteristics on the appropriateness of surgical treatment for breast cancer patients. Progetto Oncologia Femminile. Ann Oncol 1993 0.81
49 Physicians' view of practice guidelines. A survey of Italian physicians. Soc Sci Med 1996 0.81
50 Quality of life among mastectomy patients using external breast prostheses. Tumori 1997 0.81
51 The Di Bella multitherapy trial. Randomised controlled trials may not always be absolutely needed. BMJ 1999 0.81
52 Functional status in patients with spinal cord injury: a new standardized measurement scale. Gruppo Interdisciplinare Valutazione Interventi Riabilitativi. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2000 0.79
53 Ten-year survival in 290 patients with endometrial cancer: prognostic factors and therapeutic approach. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1983 0.78
54 Breast cancer surgery in 30 Italian general hospitals. Eur J Surg Oncol 1993 0.78
55 Is proper methodology associated with the use of a clinically relevant outcome measure? The case of randomized clinical trials on medical treatment of open-angle glaucoma. Online J Curr Clin Trials 1993 0.78
56 Variation in use of breast surgery and characteristics of hospitals' surgical staff. Int J Qual Health Care 1994 0.78
57 Process and outcome of care for patients with ovarian cancer. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1985 0.78
58 Cooperation in mental health: an Italian project in Nicaragua. Soc Sci Med 1990 0.77
59 The multi-centre assessment of quality of life: the Interdisciplinary Group for Cancer Care Evaluation (GIVIO) experience in Italy. Stat Med 1998 0.77
60 Management of primary breast cancer. Qual Health Care 1996 0.76
61 Prognostic features of endometrial cancer in estrogen users and obese women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1982 0.76
62 Practice guidelines: a more rational approach to diagnosis and treatment and a more effective use of health care resources. Ital J Neurol Sci 1998 0.76
63 The need to promote independent research on drugs. Ann Oncol 2010 0.76
64 Is the published literature a reliable guide for deciding between alternative treatments for patients with early cervical cancer? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1989 0.76
65 Eradicating Helicobacter pylori in non-ulcer dyspepsia may not be cost effective. BMJ 2001 0.75
66 Systematic reviews highlight the complex balance between good and harm from screening studies. Intern Emerg Med 2007 0.75
67 Cancer staging may have different meanings, but functional status too. J Clin Epidemiol 1992 0.75
68 Scales to climb borderline personalities: when science goes nowhere. Intern Emerg Med 2007 0.75
69 Selective decontamination of the digestive tract. BMJ 1994 0.75
70 Selective decontamination of digestive tract. Lancet 1991 0.75
71 Understanding systematic reviews: the meta-analysis graph (also called 'forest plot'). Intern Emerg Med 2007 0.75
72 The medical treatment of open-angle glaucoma. N Engl J Med 1993 0.75
73 Comment to "why are Cochrane hepato-biliary reviews undervalued by physicians as an aid for clinical decision making?". Dig Liver Dis 2010 0.75
74 Selective decontamination of the gut. BMJ 1993 0.75
75 Efficacy of intraportal infusion for colon cancer: a fair assessment? J Clin Oncol 1991 0.75
76 Follow-up in breast cancer: a model case for controlled evaluation of complex interventions. Ann Oncol 1995 0.75
77 Assessing the effectiveness of follow-up care for colorectal cancer: a great conceptual and methodological challenge for clinical oncology. Ann Oncol 1997 0.75
78 Influence of methodological quality on study conclusions. JAMA 2001 0.75
79 [Socio-health intervention in opiate dependence in Italy: various methods of accomplishment, epidemiologic results from foreign experience, research perspectives]. Ann Ist Super Sanita 1982 0.75
80 Drug utilization studies and epidemiology. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 1983 0.75
81 The Cochrane collaboration as key player in the struggle for better and more relevant patients- and system-oriented research. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 2011 0.75
82 Quality of cancer care evaluation in Italy. Prog Clin Biol Res 1983 0.75
83 [The law of health care reform in Lombardy]. Epidemiol Prev 1997 0.75
84 [Guidelines and "evidence-based medicine": the importance of the role distinction]. Epidemiol Prev 1997 0.75
85 [Comorbidity and the physician's decision: the case of undertreatment in care of breast tumors]. Epidemiol Prev 1994 0.75
86 "Second-look" procedures in the management of ovarian cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1983 0.75
87 Sudden infant death syndrome and sleeping position. Pediatrics 2001 0.75
88 Setting priorities for cancer control: an approach. Prog Clin Biol Res 1984 0.75
89 Publication bias and the editorial process. JAMA 1992 0.75
90 Quality of care assessment for breast cancer: how to measure benefits of prevention and therapy in oncology. Bull Cancer 1987 0.75
91 [Appropriateness of indicating aortocoronary bypass and coronary angioplasty: results of an observational prospective study in the Lombardy region. Gruppo Interdisciplinare Valutazione Appropriatezza Rivascolarizzazione Coronarica]. G Ital Cardiol 1997 0.75
92 Organization of services and pattern of psychiatric care in Nicaragua: result of a survey in 1986. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1987 0.75
93 [Impact of the National Task Force on the quality of assistance to neoplasm patients: results and implications of a study on implementation of educational intervention]. Epidemiol Prev 1990 0.75
94 [The Italian Cochrane Center and finding randomized clinical trials published in Italian journals: a European project]. Recenti Prog Med 1996 0.75
95 [Clinical guidelines: social and cultural dimensions and juridical and medico-legal implications]. Epidemiol Prev 1998 0.75
96 The drama of cancer pain: when the research abandons patients and reason. Intern Emerg Med 2007 0.75
97 [Promoting the improvement of clinical practice: guidelines]. Epidemiol Prev 1994 0.75
98 Dizionario italiano-inglese inglese-italiano di termini epidemiologici. Gruppo di lavoro della Associazione Italiana di Epidemiologia. [Italian-English and English-Italian dictionary of epidemiological terms. The Working Group of the Associazione Italiana di Epidemiologia]. Epidemiol Prev 1992 0.75
99 [The adjuvant treatment of operable breast carcinoma. The current status and outlook]. Recenti Prog Med 1993 0.75
100 [Geographic variability in the appropriateness of surgical treatment of breast carcinoma]. Epidemiol Prev 1994 0.75
101 [Quality control of spirometric tests used in health surveillance for occupational exposure risk, in the province of Viterbo]. Med Lav 2001 0.75
102 Rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury. Current guidelines and beyond. Eura Medicophys 2006 0.75
103 The social and vocational outcome of spinal cord injury patients. Paraplegia 1992 0.75
104 [Experience of the Center for Cancer Information in the United States]. Riv Inferm 1984 0.75
105 Introduction to the symposium: what evidence based medicine is and what it is not. J Med Ethics 2004 0.75