Table 1 Adapted Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist for Case Series.
From: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) and adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC), the same or different entities?
Were the types of tumors included accurately described? |
Were the pathologic features used to diagnose the tumors adequately described? |
Did the case series have consecutive inclusion of participants? |
Did the case series have complete inclusion of participants? |
Was there clear reporting of the demographics of the participants in the study? Age, sex of each patient in a table. |
Was there clear reporting of clinical information of the participants? At least body site, TNM, previous treatment reported. |
Were the outcomes or follow-up results of cases clearly reported? NA for this study |
Were the molecular tests performed adequately described? |
Were the mutations and/or other molecular results described in detail? |
Were simple descriptive statistics, proportion, differences between groups provided? |
Source: *Adapted from https://joannabriggs.org/sites/default/files/2020-08/Checklist_for_Case_Series.pdf |