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CLINICAL INQUIRY: reviewing the clinical practice guidelines for lung cancer
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Subject Matter
The chosen clinical issue of interest for this project is:
“Clinical Practice Guidelines For Lung Cancer.”
Subject Matter (Continuation…)
Clinical practice guidelines refers to significant evidence-based or empirical resources, which guide complex clinical decision making.
Keeping abreast available guidelines and knowing how and where to access the relevant and most appropriate in the management of lung cancer has turned out as a huge challenge to health professionals recently.
Thus, this project probes the existing guidelines for lung cancer.
Literature Search strategy
THE KEY WORDS
The literature and evidence for the subject matter was searched using the following key words:
Clinical practice guidelines for lung cancer
Evidence-based best practice guidelines for lung cancer
Evidence-based decision-making guiding principles for lung cancer
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Literature Search strategy
THE SEARCH METHOD/PROCEDURE
The key words were entered into Search engines and searched.
Three search engines were considered.
They are namely:
Bing, and
Yahoo
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Research Database
The four main research databases used for the search were:
Standards and Guidelines Evidence (SAGE) portal,
Web of Science
PubMed
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE)
Literature Resource Center
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Selected Articles
The following four peer-reviewed resources were selected:
Azzoli, C. G., Temin, S., & Giaccone, G. (January 01, 2012). 2011 Focused Update of 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update on Chemotherapy for Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Oncology Practice, 8, 1, 63-6.
Lindeman, N. I., Cagle, P. T., Beasley, M. B., Chitale, D. A., Dacic, S., Giaccone, G., Jenkins, R. B., ... College, . A. P. I. A. S. L. C. A. M. P. (January 01, 2013). Molecular testing guideline for selection of lung cancer patients for EGFR and ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors: guideline from the College of American Pathologists, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and Association for Molecular Pathology. The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics : Jmd, 15, 4, 415-53.
Rodrigues, G., Videtic, G. M., Sur, R., Bezjak, A., Bradley, J., Hahn, C. A., Langer, C., ... Movsas, B. (January 01, 2011). Palliative thoracic radiotherapy in lung cancer: An American Society for Radiation Oncology evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Practical Radiation Oncology, 1, 2.)
Lim, E., Baldwin, D., Beckles, M., Duffy, J., Entwisle, J., Faivre-Finn, C., Kerr, K., ... Win, T. (October 01, 2010). Guidelines on the radical management of patients with lung cancer. Thorax, 65.
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