Incorporating absolute effects to enrich interpretation of findings from meta-analyses

Affiliations

¹ School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China. Electronic address: jingwu@tju.edu.cn.
² School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
³ School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Comment

Jing Wu et al. Lancet Oncol. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;24(9):e358.

doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00384-4.

¹ School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China. Electronic address: jingwu@tju.edu.cn.
² School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
³ School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

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