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Table 2 The criteria used to determine the likelihood of selection, performance, or detection bias leading to systematic errors

From: The role of helminths and their antigens in cancer therapy: insights from cell line models

 

Questions

Yes

Partly

No

Unknown risk

Reporting quality

Is the cell origin and cell type used reported?

Reported

Not reported

Not reported

–

Is the duration of exposure reported?

Reported

Not reported

Not reported

–

Is the frequency of exposure reported?

Reported

Not reported

Not reported

–

Performance bias

Is the temperature controlled?

Yes

Yes

No

Not reported

Was the exposure blinded?

Yes

–

No

Not reported

Was the exposure randomized?

Yes

–

No

Not reported

Selection bias

Is the cell vitality scored/measured?

Yes

–

No

Not reported

Detection bias

Were the methods the same for control and exposure treatment?

Yes, independent measurements

Dependent measurements

No

 

Were the data measurements randomized?

Yes

 

No

Not reported

Other Bias

Was there no industry sponsoring involved?

Yes

 

No

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