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A family-based intervention to promote healthy lifestyles in an aboriginal community in Canada

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A for effort: learning from the application of the GRADE approach to cancer guideline development

scientific article published in March 2008

A framework of the desirable features of guideline implementation tools (GItools): Delphi survey and assessment of GItools

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A method to audit and score implementation of knowledge translation (KT) interventions in large health regions - an observational pilot study using rectal cancer surgery in Ontario

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

A mixed methods approach to understand variation in lung cancer practice and the role of guidelines

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A randomized trial to evaluate e-learning interventions designed to improve learner's performance, satisfaction, and self-efficacy with the AGREE II.

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A systematic review of studies evaluating diffusion and dissemination of selected cancer control interventions

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AGREE II: Advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care

scientific article published in December 2010

AGREE II: Advancing guideline development, reporting, and evaluation in health care

article by Melissa Brouwers et al published November 2010 in Preventive Medicine

AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care

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Adjuvant therapy for stage II colon cancer: a systematic review from the Cancer Care Ontario Program in evidence-based care's gastrointestinal cancer disease site group

scientific article published on 15 June 2004

Advancing Randomized Controlled Trials in Pediatric Critical Care: The Perspectives of Trialists

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guidelines: Formal Systematic Review–Based Consensus Methodology

scientific article published on 09 July 2012

American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guidelines: opportunities and challenges

scientific article published on August 2008

American Society of Clinical Oncology recommendations on adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer

scientific article published on 15 June 2004

American Society of Clinical Oncology/American Society of Hematology Clinical Practice Guideline Update on the Use of Epoetin and Darbepoetin in Adult Patients With Cancer

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

American Society of Clinical Oncology/American Society of Hematology clinical practice guideline update on the use of epoetin and darbepoetin in adult patients with cancer

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American Society of Hematology/American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline update on the use of epoetin and darbepoetin in adult patients with cancer

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An exploration of how guideline developer capacity and guideline implementability influence implementation and adoption: study protocol

scientific article published on 2 July 2009

Application of the systematic review and bibliometric network analysis (SeBriNA) methodology contextualizes evidence. Part 2: rituximab for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

scientific article published on 27 June 2012

Applying the knowledge to action framework to plan a strategy for implementing breast cancer screening guidelines: an interprofessional perspective.

scientific article published on September 2013

Assessment of health systems guidance using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation - Health Systems (AGREE-HS) instrument

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Assessment of the quality of recommendations from 161 clinical practice guidelines using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation-Recommendations Excellence (AGREE-REX) instrument shows there is room for improvement

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

Can surveying practitioners about their practices help identify priority clinical practice guideline topics?

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Cancer Care Ontario and American Society of Clinical Oncology adjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant radiation therapy for stages I-IIIA resectable non small-cell lung cancer guideline

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Clinical Practice Guidelines: Tools to Support High Quality Patient Care

scientific article published on 10 January 2019

Clinical review 170: A systematic review and metaanalysis of the effectiveness of radioactive iodine remnant ablation for well-differentiated thyroid cancer

scientific article published in August 2004

Clinician-patient communication: a systematic review

scientific article published on 04 March 2009

Clinicians' assessments of practice guidelines in oncology: the CAPGO survey

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Clinicians' evaluations of, endorsements of, and intentions to use practice guidelines change over time: a retrospective analysis from an organized guideline program

scientific article published on 28 June 2009

Collection and use of cancer family history in primary care.

scientific article published on October 2007

Comparative effectiveness research paradigm: implications for systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines

scientific article published on 15 October 2012

Comparison of physical interventions, behavioral interventions, natural health products, and pharmacologics to manage hot flashes in patients with breast or prostate cancer: protocol for a systematic review incorporating network meta-analyses

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Conference abstracts of a new oncology drug do not always lead to full publication: proceed with caution

scientific article published on 4 January 2009

Core competencies in the science and practice of knowledge translation: description of a Canadian strategic training initiative

scientific article published on 9 December 2011

Correction to: Updated clinical guidelines experience major reporting limitations.

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Development and Validation of a Prognostic Survival Model With Patient-Reported Outcomes for Patients With Cancer

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Development and Validation of a Tool to Assess the Quality of Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Development of the AGREE II, part 1: performance, usefulness and areas for improvement

scientific article published on 31 May 2010

Development of the AGREE II, part 2: assessment of validity of items and tools to support application

scientific article published on 31 May 2010

Diffusion and dissemination of evidence-based dietary strategies for the prevention of cancer

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Do guidelines offer implementation advice to target users? A systematic review of guideline applicability

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Does delay in starting treatment affect the outcomes of radiotherapy? A systematic review

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E-learning interventions are comparable to user's manual in a randomized trial of training strategies for the AGREE II.

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Erratum to "What to do with all the AGREEs? The AGREE Portfolio of tools to support the guideline enterprise" [Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 125C (2020) 191-197]

scientific article published on 24 December 2020

Evaluating prophylactic heparin in ambulatory patients with solid tumours: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Evaluating the role of quality assessment of primary studies in systematic reviews of cancer practice guidelines

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Guideline Assessment Project: Filling the GAP in Surgical Guidelines: Quality Improvement Initiative by an International Working Group

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Guideline adaptation: an appealing alternative to de novo guideline development

scientific article published in April 2008

Guideline uptake is influenced by six implementability domains for creating and communicating guidelines: a realist review

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Guidelines to Limit Added Sugar Intake

scientific article published on 01 August 2017

Harmonization of guidelines for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease: the C-CHANGE Initiative

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Health system guidance appraisal--concept evaluation and usability testing

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How can diagnostic assessment programs be implemented to enhance inter-professional collaborative care for cancer?

scientific article published on 03 January 2014

How can we improve guideline use? A conceptual framework of implementability

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How do organisational characteristics influence teamwork and service delivery in lung cancer diagnostic assessment programmes? A mixed-methods study

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Identifying factors likely to influence compliance with diagnostic imaging guideline recommendations for spine disorders among chiropractors in North America: a focus group study using the Theoretical Domains Framework

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Integrating guideline development and implementation: analysis of guideline development manual instructions for generating implementation advice

scientific article published on July 23, 2012

Inventory of Cancer Guidelines: a tool to advance the guideline enterprise and improve the uptake of evidence

scientific article published on April 2011

Keeping cancer guidelines current: results of a comprehensive prospective literature monitoring strategy for twenty clinical practice guidelines

scientific article published in January 2003

Knowledge Creation

Knowledge creation: synthesis, tools and products

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Knowledge translation in transfusion medicine. Part 1: The basics and the frameworks

scientific article published on 30 January 2018

Knowledge translation in transfusion medicine. Part 2: Selecting the knowledge and identifying the barriers

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

Knowledge translation in transfusion medicine. Part 3: Interventions and tools

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Knowledge translation in transfusion medicine. Part 4: Measurement and sustainability of knowledge use

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Knowledge translation tool to improve pregnant women's awareness of gestational weight gain goals and risks of gaining outside recommendations: a non-randomized intervention study.

scientific article published on 30 April 2015

Making sense of complex data: a mapping process for analyzing findings of a realist review on guideline implementability

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Many quality measurements, but few quality measures assessing the quality of breast cancer care in women: a systematic review

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Ontario doctors’ attitudes toward and use of clinical practice guidelines in oncology

Patient-mediated knowledge translation (PKT) interventions for clinical encounters: a systematic review

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Practitioners as experts: the influence of practicing oncologists "in-the-field" on evidence-based guideline development

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Predictors of high quality clinical practice guidelines: examples in oncology.

scientific article published on 21 January 2005

Protocol of an interdisciplinary consensus project aiming to develop an AGREE II extension for guidelines in surgery

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Protocol: developing a conceptual framework of patient mediated knowledge translation, systematic review using a realist approach

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Recruitment of multiple stakeholders to health services research: lessons from the front lines

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Reporting Items for Updated Clinical Guidelines: Checklist for the Reporting of Updated Guidelines (CheckUp).

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Research Collaboration in Pediatric Critical Care Randomized Controlled Trials: A Social Network Analysis of Coauthorship

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Self-directed learning needs, patterns, and outcomes among general surgeons

scientific article published in January 2009

The AGREE Enterprise: a decade of advancing clinical practice guidelines

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The AGREE Reporting Checklist: a tool to improve reporting of clinical practice guidelines

scientific article published on 8 March 2016

The Completeness of Reporting (CORE) index identifies important deficiencies in observational study conference abstracts

scientific article published on 03 July 2008

The Global Rating Scale complements the AGREE II in advancing the quality of practice guidelines

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The Guideline Implementability Decision Excellence Model (GUIDE-M): a mixed methods approach to create an international resource to advance the practice guideline field

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The current state of cancer family history collection tools in primary care: a systematic review

scientific article published on July 2009

The development of guideline implementation tools: a qualitative study

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The guideline implementability research and application network (GIRAnet): an international collaborative to support knowledge exchange: study protocol

scientific article published on 2 April 2012

The landscape of knowledge translation interventions in cancer control: what do we know and where to next? A review of systematic reviews

scientific article published on 20 December 2011

The systematic review and bibliometric network analysis (SeBriNA) is a new method to contextualize evidence. Part 1: description

scientific article published on 27 June 2012

Uncertain times: A survey of Canadian women's perspectives toward mammography screening

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Understanding optimal approaches to patient and caregiver engagement in the development of cancer practice guidelines: a mixed methods study

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Updated clinical guidelines experience major reporting limitations

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Use of heparins in patients with cancer: individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised trials study protocol

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Use of theory to plan or evaluate guideline implementation among physicians: a scoping review

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Validity and usability testing of a health systems guidance appraisal tool, the AGREE-HS.

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

What to Do With All The AGREEs? The AGREE Portfolio of Tools to Support The Guideline Enterprise

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

When is good, good enough? Methodological pragmatism for sustainable guideline development

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When to replicate systematic reviews of interventions: consensus checklist

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

Written informed consent and selection bias in observational studies using medical records: systematic review

scientific article published on 12 March 2009