February 8, 2014

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Comment
Comment: Head and Neck Oncology

BioMed Central
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:24 (5 February 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/24/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/24
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-24.pdf

Commentary
Early start and stop of biologics: has the time come?
van Vollenhoven RF, Nagy G, Tak PP
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:25 (6 February 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/25/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/25
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-25.pdf

Commentary
Prospects for automated diagnosis of verbal autopsies
Garenne M
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:18 (4 February 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/18/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/18
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-18.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24495788

Commentary
Unexpected plateauing of childhood obesity rates in developed countries
Wabitsch M, Moss A, Kromeyer-Hauschild K
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:17 (31 January 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/17/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/17
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-17.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24485015

Commentary
The value of screening in patient populations with high prevalence of a disorder
Goldberg D
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:14 (28 January 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/14/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/14
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-14.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24472627

Opinion
Reliable direct measurement of causes of death in low- and middle-income countries
Jha P
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:19 (4 February 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/19/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/19
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-19.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24495839

Research article
Usefulness of the Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy data for general verbal autopsy methods
Byass P
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:23 (4 February 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/23/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/23
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-23.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24495341

Research article
Comparison of physician-certified verbal autopsy with computer-coded verbal autopsy for cause of death assignment in hospitalized patients in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review
Leitao J, Desai N, Aleksandrowicz L, Byass P, Miasnikof P, Tollman S, Alam D, Lu Y, Rathi S, Singh A, Suraweera W, Ram F, Jha P
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:22 (4 February 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/22/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/22
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-22.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24495312

Research article
Performance criteria for verbal autopsy-based systems to estimate national causes of death: development and application to the Indian Million Death Study
Aleksandrowicz L, Malhotra V, Dikshit R, Gupta PC, Kumar R, Sheth J, Rathi S, Suraweera W, Miasnikof P, Jotkar R, Sinha D, Awasthi S, Bhatia P, Jha P
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:21 (4 February 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/21/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/21
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-21.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24495287

Research article
Performance of four computer-coded verbal autopsy methods for cause of death assignment compared with physician coding on 24,000 deaths in low- and middle-income countries
Desai N, Aleksandrowicz L, Miasnikof P, Lu Y, Leitao J, Byass P, Tollman S, Mee P, Alam D, Rathi S, Singh A, Kumar R, Ram F, Jha P
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:20 (4 February 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/20/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/20
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-20.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24495855

Research article
Selective intra-arterial infusion of rAd-p53 with chemotherapy for advanced oral cancer: a randomized clinical trial
Li Y, Li L, Wang L, Zhang Z, Gao N, Liang C, Huang Y, Han B
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:16 (30 January 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/16/abstract
Provisional PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-16.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24479409

Research article
Global collaborative networks on meta-analyses of randomized trials published in high impact factor medical journals: a social network analysis
Catalá-López F, Alonso-Arroyo A, Hutton B, Aleixandre-Benavent R, Moher D
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:15 (29 January 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/15/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/15
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-15.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24476131

Research article
There are no randomized controlled trials that support the United States Preventive Services Task Force guideline on screening for depression in primary care: a systematic review
Thombs BD, Ziegelstein RC, Roseman M, Kloda LA, Ioannidis JP
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:13 (28 January 2014)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/13/abstract
Provisional PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-12-13.pdf
PubMed http://www.biomedcentral.com/pubmed/24472580










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