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2005 • 6,633 citations

Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials

2005 • 4,962 citations

A Re-Evaluation of Random-Effects Meta-Analysis

2008 • 2,115 citations

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2001 • 1,743 citations

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Meta-analysis of the literature or of individual patient data: is there a difference?

1993 • 752 citations

Pooled Analysis of Prognostic Impact of Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator and Its Inhibitor PAI-1 in 8377 Breast Cancer Patients

2002 • 592 citations

Meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomized trials: a review of methods used in practice

2005 • 522 citations

To IPD or not to IPD?

2002 • 511 citations

Stratified medicine: strategic and economic implications of combining drugs and clinical biomarkers

2007 • 495 citations

Practical methodology of meta‐analyses (overviews) using updated individual patient data

1995 • 472 citations

Individual patient‐ versus group‐level data meta‐regressions for the investigation of treatment effect modifiers: ecological bias rears its ugly head

2002 • 413 citations

A comparison of summary patient-level covariates in meta-regression with individual patient data meta-analysis

2002 • 378 citations

Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Lowering as Determinants of Cardiovascular Outcome

2005 • 274 citations

Meta‐analysis of continuous outcome data from individual patients

2001 • 263 citations

A multilevel model framework for meta-analysis of clinical trials with binary outcomes

2000 • 259 citations

Meta‐analysis of continuous outcomes combining individual patient data and aggregate data

2007 • 258 citations

Meta‐analysis of heterogeneously reported trials assessing change from baseline

2005 • 197 citations

Evidence synthesis combining individual patient data and aggregate data: a systematic review identified current practice and possible methods

2007 • 184 citations

Meta-analysis: Beyond the grand mean?

1997 • 175 citations

Can meta-analysis help target interventions at individuals most likely to benefit?

2005 • 164 citations

Investigating heterogeneity in an individual patient data meta-analysis of time to event outcomes

2005 • 158 citations

Comparison of Meta-Analysis Versus Analysis of Variance of Individual Patient Data

1998 • 139 citations

A Comparison of Meta-analytic Results Using Literature vs Individual Patient Data

1995 • 134 citations

Meta-analysis of individual patient data versus aggregate data from longitudinal clinical trials

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Construction and validation of a prognostic model across several studies, with an application in superficial bladder cancer

2004 • 119 citations

Commentary: Meta-analysis of Individual Participants' Data in Genetic Epidemiology

2002 • 118 citations

Meta‐analysis of diagnostic test studies using individual patient data and aggregate data

2008 • 95 citations

Meta‐analysis of ordinal outcomes using individual patient data

2001 • 89 citations

On the Equivalence of Meta‐Analysis Using Literature and Using Individual Patient Data

1999 • 61 citations

Randomized Controlled Trials With Time-to-Event Outcomes: How Much Does Prespecified Covariate Adjustment Increase Power?

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Infopoints: Publishing raw data and real time statistical analysis on e-journals

2001 • 37 citations

From science to practice. Meta-analyses using individual patient data are needed

1995 • 24 citations

Value of updating a systematic review in surgery using individual patient data

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A multilevel model framework for meta‐analysis of clinical trials with binary outcomes

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A comparison of meta-analytic results using literature vs individual patient data. Paternal cell immunization for recurrent miscarriage

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