Chest ACCP Career Connection
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Guest Access | Sign In via User Name/Password
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Free
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Article Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by McCrory, D. C.
Right arrow Articles by Parker, S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by McCrory, D. C.
Right arrow Articles by Parker, S.
(Chest. 2003;123:3S-6S.)
© 2003 American College of Chest Physicians

Overview of Methodology for Lung Cancer Evidence Review and Guideline Development*

Douglas C. McCrory, MD, MHS; Gene L. Colice, MD, FCCP; Sandra Zelman Lewis, PhD; W. Michael Alberts, MD, FCCP and Sydney Parker, PhD

* From the Department of Medicine (Dr. McCrory), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Respiratory Services (Dr. Colice), Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC; the American College of Chest Physicians (Drs. Lewis and Parker), Northbrook, IL; and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (Dr. Alberts), Tampa, FL.

Correspondence to: Douglas McCrory, MD, MHS, Duke Center for Clinical Health Policy Research, 2200 W Main St, Suite 220, Durham, NC 27705; e-mail: douglas.mccrory{at}duke.edu

A multidisciplinary panel was convened by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) to develop clinical practice guidelines for lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The ACCP Expert Panel on Lung Cancer Guidelines produced 20 guidelines, each related to a distinct set of management decisions. This article describes the approach used to develop the guidelines, including identifying, evaluating, and synthesizing evidence, assessing the strength of evidence pertinent to individual guidelines, and grading guideline recommendations.

Key Words: advisory committees • evidence-based medicine • lung neoplasms • practice guidelines






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2003 by the American College of Chest Physicians.