title: Is meta-analysis a metaphysical or a scientific method?
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Instituto de Radiomedicina, Santiago, Chile. gocchi@ctcinternet.cl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arriagada
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pignon
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D008678:Metaphysics; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012107:Research Design