J. J. Deeks

Systematic reviews of diagnostic tests in cancer: review of methods and reporting (2006)

Mallett, S., Deeks, J.J., Halligan, S., Hopewell, S., Cornelius, V., Altman, D.G.

Objectives: To assess the methods and reporting of systematic reviews of diagnostic tests. Data sources: Systematic searches of Medline, Embase, and five other databases identified reviews of tests...

Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: systematic review (2006)

Whiting, P., Harbord, R., Main, C., Deeks, J.J., Filippini, G., Egger, M., ...

Objective: To determine the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging criteria for die early diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in patients with suspected disease. Design: Systematic review. Data sources:...

CT colonography in the detection of colorectal polyps and cancer: systematic review, meta-analysis, and proposed minimum data set for study level reporting (2005)

Halligan, S., Altman, D.G., Taylor, S.A., Mallett, S., Deeks, J.J., Bartram, C.I., ...

Purpose: To assess the methodologic quality of available data in published reports of computed tomographic (CT) colonography by performing systematic review and meta-analysis. Materials and Methods:...

Volume and outcome in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: true association or artefact?

Sowden, A. J., Deeks, J. J., Sheldon, T. A.

OBJECTIVES--To examine the evidence for a relation between volume of coronary artery bypass graft surgery and hospital death rates, and to assess the degree to which this could be due to confounding...