Assessment of the External Validity of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and European Society for Medical Oncology Guidelines for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in a Population of Patients Aged 80 Years and Older.

Title : Assessment of the External Validity of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and European Society for Medical Oncology Guidelines for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in a Population of Patients Aged 80 Years and Older

Source : PubMed
ID : 28416124
Authors : Battisti NML, Sehovic M, Extermann M
Year : 2017
Disease Category : Cancer
Focused Population : Elderly patients
Priori/Posteriori : Priori
Single-study Generalibility? : Multiple (collective)
Score/Non-Score : Non-score
Tutorial/Method : matched a cohort of NSCLC patients aged older than 80 years from the Moffitt Cancer Center database with the studies eligibility criteria to check their qualification for at least 2 studies
Compared general demographic and patient characteristics : No
Compared disease-specific clinical characteristics : No
Compared adverse events : No
Compared outcomes/treatment effect (including survival) : No
Real-world data sources : Total Cancer Care (TCC) database, at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute of Tampa, Florida
Target Population Data Type Levels : Hospital