Survival and recurrence after concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer of the uterine cervix: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JA Green, JM Kirwan, JF Tierney, P Symonds, L Fresco… - The lancet, 2001 - thelancet.com
Background The US National Cancer Institute alert in February, 1999, stated that concomitant
chemotherapy and radiotherapy should be considered for all patients with cervical cancer. …

Preferred reporting items for a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data: the PRISMA-IPD statement

…, RD Riley, M Simmonds, G Stewart, JF Tierney - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
… Dr Tierney reported that she is co-convenor of the Cochrane Collaboration IPD Methods
Group; has conducted and published IPD meta-analyses, related methodological research, and …

[HTML][HTML] Addition of docetaxel or bisphosphonates to standard of care in men with localised or metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: a systematic review and …

…, CJ Sweeney, MR Sydes, B Tombal, JF Tierney - The lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Results from large randomised controlled trials combining docetaxel or
bisphosphonates with standard of care in hormone-sensitive prostate cancer have emerged. In …

[HTML][HTML] Practical methods for incorporating summary time-to-event data into meta-analysis

JF Tierney, LA Stewart, D Ghersi, S Burdett, MR Sydes - Trials, 2007 - Springer
Background In systematic reviews and meta-analyses, time-to-event outcomes are most
appropriately analysed using hazard ratios (HRs). In the absence of individual patient data (IPD)…

To IPD or not to IPD? Advantages and disadvantages of systematic reviews using individual patient data

LA Stewart, JF Tierney - Evaluation & the health professions, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses that obtain original research data on individual
participants enrolled in trials have been described as the gold standard of review. However, they …

Resection of primary tumor may prolong survival in metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

JF Tierney, SV Chivukula, X Wang, SG Pappas… - Surgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors often present with
stage IV disease. Primary tumor resection in these patients remains controversial. Herein, …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying, displaying and accounting for heterogeneity in the meta-analysis of RCTs using standard and generalised Qstatistics

J Bowden, JF Tierney, AJ Copas, S Burdett - BMC medical research …, 2011 - Springer
Background Clinical researchers have often preferred to use a fixed effects model for the
primary interpretation of a meta-analysis. Heterogeneity is usually assessed via the well known …

Adjuvant or early salvage radiotherapy for the treatment of localised and locally advanced prostate cancer: a prospectively planned systematic review and meta …

…, C Fraser-Browne, I Latorzeff, MKB Parmar, JF Tierney - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background It is unclear whether adjuvant or early salvage radiotherapy following radical
prostatectomy is more appropriate for men who present with localised or locally advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: guidance on their use

JF Tierney, C Vale, R Riley, CT Smith, L Stewart… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
… Copyright: © 2015 Tierney et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms
of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution …

Strategies to improve retention in randomised trials: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

VC Brueton, JF Tierney, S Stenning, S Meredith… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To quantify the effect of strategies to improve retention in randomised trials.
Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Sources searched: MEDLINE, …