AIM OF THE STUDY: Clinical practice guidelines (CPG) are an appropriate method to
optimise routine clinical care. Numerous CPGs for the diagnosis and treatment of breast …

Background: Evidence-based guidelines are used in health care systems throughout the
world to aid in treatment decisions and to ensure quality and consistency in patient care. In …

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) is a National Health Service
organisation, formed in 1993, with responsibility for the production and updating of clinical …

This article has been corrected. See Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2003 Dec 27; 147 (52): 2612.
A comment on this article appears in"[Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement guideline," …

Background It is not known whether there are differences in the quality and
recommendations between evidence-based (EB) and consensus-based (CB) guidelines …

Introduction. Since 30 years, DBCG (Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group) has
maintained a clinical database allowing the conduct of quality control studies, of randomised …

Objective: To define the optimal treatment for women with stage III or locally advanced
breast cancer (LABC). Evidence: Systematic review of English-language literature retrieved …

Developing guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of common cancers in China based
on the evidence-based practice, the availability of diagnosis and treatment products, and the …

Highlights•CPGs and CSs for BC treatment insufficiently followed quality and reporting
assessment tools.•Systematic reviews should be used to improve the quality and reporting of …

Methods The 'Standards, Options and Recommendations'(SOR) project, which started in
1993, involves a collaboration between the Federation of French Cancer Centres …