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. 2016 Oct 11;2016(10):CD002142. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002142.pub4

Lille 1985.

Methods 1985 to 1991
RCT
Participants 163 patients
 Stage I
Trial data used in subgroup analyses for sex, age, histology, stage and nodal status
Interventions Surgery + radiotherapy vs surgery alone
 RT details
 45 to 60 Gy in 22.5 to 30 fractions in 6 weeks
 Prescription technique: isodose 90%
 Machine used: Co60 and linac
 Average field size (cm): 12 × 12
 Clinical target volume: hilum, upper mediastinum
 Technique: spinal cord blocks, oblique fields, lateral fields
Outcomes Survival
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Quote: "randomised with a table of randomisation according to Snedecor and Cochran"
Comment: stated as randomised in paper; checks run on IPD suggest adequate sequence generation
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Quote: "randomised with a table of randomisation according to Snedecor and Cochran"; insufficient information provided
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Comment: trial not blinded owing to the nature of the intervention; outcome not likely to be influenced by lack of blinding
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Comment: individual participant data obtained and checked for all outcomes
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Comment: individual participant data obtained and checked for all outcomes
Other bias Low risk Comment: study apparently free of other sources of bias