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. 2018 Nov 20;2018(11):MR000005. doi: 10.1002/14651858.MR000005.pub4

Acevedo 2014.

Methods Identification of subsequent full‐length publications
  • Searched electronic database

    • Google/Google Scholar in July 2011

    • Person completing the search not reported

    • Searched by first author and title

    • Matching criteria not reported

Data
  • Included 1972 abstracts presented at the 2000 to 2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, European Society of Medical Oncology, European Cancer Organization, and American Society for Radiation Oncology meetings

  • Included all abstracts from odd years from Latin American countries

Comparisons
  • Proportion of abstracts published

  • IQR for time to publication

  • Oral versus poster presentation

  • Latin American countries

Outcomes
  • 353 of 1972 abstracts published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time

    • IQR = 12 to 24 months (range = 0 to 96 months)

  • Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included

    • 17/37 abstracts presented orally versus 130/718 abstracts presented as poster published

Notes
  • Oncology ‐ hematology

  • Reporting having received no funding

Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included all abstracts from odd years.
Search for publications? No Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time? Yes All abstracts had at least 48 months follow‐up except the meetings in 2008 to 2010.
Matching? Unclear Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of type presentation and country with publication using stratified analysis.