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World J Methodol. Jun 20, 2026; 16(2): 109986
Published online Jun 20, 2026. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v16.i2.109986
Published online Jun 20, 2026. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v16.i2.109986
Table 3 Quality assessment for observational studies (Newcastle-Ottawa scale)
| Ref. | Selection (0-4) | Comparability (0-2) | Outcome (0-3) | Total score | Quality rating |
| Shi et al[2], PIONEER | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | High |
| Gu et al[31] | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | High |
| Rangachari et al[3] | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | High |
| Magnuson et al[27], 2016 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | High |
| Ballard et al[8] | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Moderate |
| Magnuson et al[28], 2017 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | High |
| Chen et al[29] | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | High |
| Miyawaki et al[30] | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | High |
| Iuchi et al[5] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Moderate |
| Eichler et al[4] | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | High |
| Yamamoto et al[33] | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | High |
| Tatineni et al[32] | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | High |
| Yan et al[20] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Moderate |
| Hsu et al[6] | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | High |
| Zhong et al[21] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Moderate |
| Pan et al[34] | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | High |
| Dohm et al[22] | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | High |
- Citation: Javed M, Fatima M, Hassan MB, Kumar S, Pawan R, Singh V, Kumar K, Amir R, Karim A, Jawed I, Alam F, Kumar D, Rai R, Tilokani H, Rizvi SAFA. Radiation therapy plus osimertinib vs osimertinib alone in epidermal growth factor receptor mutated non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review. World J Methodol 2026; 16(2): 109986
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