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Deeks, J, Dinnes, J, Takwoingi, Y, Davenport, C, Spijker, R, Taylor-Phillips, S, Adriano, A, Beese, S, Dretzke, J, Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Harris, I, Price, M, Dittrich, S, Emperador, D, Hooft, L, Leeflang, MMG, Van De Bruel, A, McInnes, MDF, Stuyf, T, Domen, J, Horn, S, Yang, B, Langendam, M, Ochodo, E, Guleid, F, Holtman, G, Verbakel, J, Wang, J, Stegeman, I, Salameh , JP, McGrath , TA, van der Pol , CB, Frank , RA, Prager , R, Hare , SS, Dennie , C, Jenniskens, K, Korevaar , DA, Cohen , JF, van de Wijgert, J, Damen , JAAG, Agarwal, R, Baldwin, S, Berhane, S, Herd, C, Kristunas, C, Quinn, L & Scholefield, B 2020, 'Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS-CoV-2', Cochrane Library, vol. 2020, no. 6, CD013652. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013652
Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group, Dinnes, J, Deeks, J, Adriano, A, Berhane, S, Davenport, C, Dittrich, S, Emperador, D, Takwoingi, Y, Cunningham , J, Beese, S, Dretzke, J, Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Harris, I, Price, M, Taylor-Phillips, S, Hooft, L, Leeflang, MMG, Spijker, R & Van De Bruel, A 2020, 'Rapid, point-of-care antigen and molecular-based tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection (Review)', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 8, CD013705. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013705.
Taylor-Phillips, S, Stinton, C, Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Seedat, F, Clarke, A & Deeks, J 2018, 'Association between use of systematic reviews and national policy recommendations of whether to screen newborns for rare diseases: systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ, vol. 361, k1612. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k1612
Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Takwoingi, Y, Dinnes, J, Chuchu, N, Bayliss, S, Davenport, C, Matin, RN, Godfrey, K, O'Sullivan, C, Gulati, A, Chan, SA, Durack, A, O'Connell, S, Gardiner, MD, Bamber, J, Deeks, J & Williams, HC 2018, 'Computer assisted diagnosis techniques (dermoscopy and spectroscopy-based) for the diagnosis of skin cancer in adults', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 12, CD013186. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013186
Cochrane Skin Cancer Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2018, 'Dermoscopy, with and without visual inspection, for diagnosing melanoma in adults', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2018, no. 12, CD011902. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011902.pub2
Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Dinnes, J, Chuchu, N, Bayliss, S, Takwoingi, Y, Davenport, C, Matin, RN, O'Sullivan, C, Roskell, D, Deeks, J & Williams, HC 2018, 'Exfoliative cytology for diagnosing basal cell carcinoma and other skin cancers in adults', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 12, CD013187. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013187
Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Dinnes, J, Deeks, J, Chuchu, N, Bayliss, S, Davenport, C, Takwoingi, Y, Godfrey, K, O'Sullivan, C, Matin, RN, Tehrani, H & Williams, HC 2018, 'Optical coherence tomography for the diagnosis of skin cancer in adults', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 12, CD013189. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013189
Dinnes, J, Deeks, J, Grainge, MJ, Chuchu, N, Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Matin, RN, Thomson, DR, Wong, KY, Aldridge, RB, Abbott, R, Fawzy, M, Bayliss, S, Takwoingi, Y, Davenport, C, Godfrey, K, Walter, FM & Williams, HC 2018, 'Visual inspection for diagnosing cutaneous melanoma in adults', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 12, CD013194. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013194
Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Dinnes, J, Taylor-Phillips, S, Davenport, C, Hyde, C & Deeks, JJ 2017, 'Research waste in diagnostic trials: a methods review evaluating the reporting of test-treatment interventions', BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 17, 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0286-0
Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Dinnes, J, Sitch, AJ, Hyde, C & Deeks, JJ 2017, 'Test-treatment RCTs are susceptible to bias: a review of the methodological quality of randomized trials that evaluate diagnostic tests', BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 17, no. 1, 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0287-z
Dinnes, J, Bancos, I, Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Chortis, V, Davenport, C, Bayliss, S, Sahdev, A, Guest, P, Fassnacht, M, Deeks, J & Arlt, W 2016, 'Management of endocrine disease: Imaging for the diagnosis of malignancy in incidentally discovered adrenal masses: a systematic review and meta-analysis ', European Journal of Endocrinology, vol. 175, pp. R51-R64. https://doi.org/10.1530/EJE-16-0461
Comment/debate
CONSORT-AI steering group & SPIRIT-AI Steering Group 2019, 'Reporting guidelines for clinical trials evaluating artificial intelligence interventions are needed', Nature Medicine, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 1467-1468. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0603-3
Letter
Ferrante di Ruffano, L & Deeks, JJ 2015, 'Test-treatment RCTs are sheep in wolves' clothing', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.06.013
Review article
Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2021, 'Rapid, point-of-care antigen and molecular-based tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2021, no. 3, CD013705. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013705.pub2
Cochrane Skin Cancer Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2019, 'Ultrasound, CT, MRI, or PET-CT for staging and re-staging of adults with cutaneous melanoma', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2019, no. 7, CD012806. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012806.pub2
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