Scientific publications
Journal Articles:
- Antes G, Augustin N, Beyersmann J, Caputo A, Falck-Ytter Y, Gerds T, Gerlach A, Graf E, Holländer N, Ihorst G, Lang B, Meier-Hirmer C, Musio M, Olschewski M, Roßner R, Sauerbrei W, Schlingmann J, Schmoor C, Schulgen G, Schulte Mönting J, Schwarzer G, Schumacher M: Freiburger Beiträge zur Biometrie und Klinischen Epidemiologie. Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie in Medizin und Biologie, 2004; 35: 74-122.
- Arezzo A, Passera R, Salvai A, Arolfo S, Allaix ME, Schwarzer G, Morino M: Laparoscopy for rectal cancer is oncologically adequate: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. Surg Endosc, 2015; 29: 334-348. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00464-014-3686-4
- Bassler D, Mitra A, Ducharme FM, Forster J, Schwarzer G: Ketotifen alone or as additional medication for long-term control of asthma and wheeze in children (Cochrane Review). The Cochrane Library, 2004; 2: CD001384.
- Bohlius J, Herbst C, Reiser M, Schwarzer G, Engert A: Granulopoiesis-stimulating factors to prevent adverse effects in the treatment of malignant lymphoma. Cochrane Db Syst Rev, 2008; 4 (online): CD003189. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003189.pub4
- Bohlius J, Langensiepen S, Schwarzer G, Seidenfeld J, Piper M, Bennett C, Engert A: Recombinant human erythropoietin and overall survival in cancer patients: Results of a comprehensive meta-analysis. J Natl Cancer I, 2005; 97: 489-498.
- Bohlius J, Reiser M, Schwarzer G, Engert A: Impact of prophylactic use of granulopoiesis-stimulating factors (G-CSF and GM-CSF) in patients with malignant lymphoma undergoing conventional chemotherapy: A comprehensive meta-analysis. Brit J Haematol, 2003; 122: 413-423.
- Bohlius J, Reiser M, Schwarzer G, Engert A: Granulopoiesis-stimulating factors to prevent adverse effects in the treatment of malignant lymphoma (Cochrane Review). The Cochrane Library, 2004; 2: CD003189.
- Bohlius J, Schmidlin K, Brillant C, Schwarzer G, Trelle S, Seidenfeld J, Zwahlen M, Clarke M, Weingart O, Kluge S, Piper M, Rades D, Steensma DP, Djulbegovick B, Fey MF, Ray-Coquard I, Machtay M, Moebus V, Thomas G, Untch M, Schumacher M, Egger M, Engert A: Recombinant human erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and mortality in patients with cancer: a meta-analysis of randomised trials. Lancet, 2009; 373: 1532-1542. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60502-X
- Bohlius J, Schmidlin K, Brillant C, Schwarzer G, Trelle S, Seidenfeld J, Zwahlen M, Clarke MJ, Weingart O, Kluge S, Piper M, Napoli M, Rades D, Steensma D, Djulbegovic B, Fey MF, Ray-Coquard I, Moebus V, Thomas G, Untch M, Schumacher M, Egger M, Engert A: Erythropoietin or Darbepoetin for patients with cancer - meta-analysis based on individual patient data Cochrane Db Syst Rev, 2009; 3 (online): CD007303. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007303.pub2
- Bohlius J, Tonia T, Schwarzer G: Twist and shout: One decade of meta-analyses of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in cancer patients. Acta Haematol-basel, 2011; 1: 55-67. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000318897
- Bohlius J, Wilson J, Seidenfeld J, Piper M, Schwarzer G, Sandercock J, Trelle S, Weingart O, Bayliss S, Djulbegovic B, Bennet CL, Langensiepen S, Hyde C, Engert A: Recombinant human erythropoietins and cancer patients: Updated meta-analysis of 57 studies including 9353 patients J Natl Cancer I, 2006; 98: 708-714.
- Bohlius J, Wilson J, Seidenfeld J, Piper M, Schwarzer G, Sandercock J, Trelle S, Weingart O, Bayliss S, Brunskill S, Djulbegovic B, Benett CL, Langensiepen S, Hyde C, Engert E: Erythropoietin or darbepoetin for patients with cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2006; 19: CD-003407.
- Bohlius JF, Langensiepen S, Engert A, Schwarzer G, Bennett CL: Effectiveness of erythropoietin in the treatment of patients with malignancies: methods and preliminary results of a Cochrane review. Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology, 2005; 18: 449-454.
- Briel M, Müller KF, Meerpohl JJ, von Elm E, Lang B, Motschall E, Gloy V, Lamontagne F, Schwarzer G, Bassler D: Publication bias in animal research: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 2013; 2 (online): 23. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-23
- Carpenter J, Rücker G, Schwarzer G: copas: An R package for Fitting the Copas Selection Model. The R Journal, 2009; 1: 31-36.
- Carpenter J, Rücker G, Schwarzer G: Assessing the sensitivity of meta-analysis to selection bias: A multiple imputation approach. Biometrics, 2011; 67: 1066-1072. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2010.01498.x
- Carpenter JR, Schwarzer G, Rücker G, Künstler R: Empirical evaluation showed that the Copas selection model provided a useful summary in 80% of meta-analyses. J Clin Epidemiol, 2009; 62: 624-631. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.12.002
- Dettenkofer M, Scherrer M, Hoch V, Glaser H, Schwarzer G, Zentner J, Daschner F: Shutting down operating theatre ventilation when the theatre is not in use. Infection control and evironmental aspects. Infect Cont Hosp Ep, 2003; 24: 596-600.
- Diener M, Heukaufer C, Schwarzer G, Seiler CM, Antes G, Knaebel H-P, Büchler MW: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (classic Whipple) versus pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (pp Whipple) for surgical treatment of periampullary and pancreatic carcinoma. Cochrane Db Syst Rev, 2008; 16 (online): CD006053. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006053.pub2
- Diener MK, Fitzmaurice C, Schwarzer G, Seiler CM, Antes G, Knaebel H-P, Büchler MW: Pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (pp Whipple) versus pancreaticoduodenectomy (classic Whipple) for surgical treatment of periampullary and pancreatic carcinoma Cochrane Db Syst Rev, 2011; 5 (online): CD006053. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006053.pub4
- Diener MK, Fitzmaurice C, Schwarzer G, Seiler CM, Hüttner FJ, Antes G, Knaebel HP, Büchler MW: Pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (ppWhipple)
versus pancreaticoduodenectomy (classicWhipple) for
surgical treatment of periampullary and pancreatic
carcinoma (Review). Cochrane Db Syst Rev, 2014; 11: CD006053. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006053.pub5
- Dietrich ES, Bieser U, Frank U, Schwarzer G, Daschner FD: Ceftriaxone versus other cephalosporins for perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis: A meta-analysis of 43 randomized controlled trials. Chemotherapy, 2002; 48 (1): 49-56.
- Dziekan G, Contesse J, Werth B, Schwarzer G, Reinhart WH: Cisapride increases peak plasma and saliva ethanol levels under fasting conditions Journal of Internal Medicine, 1997; 242: 479-482.
- Dziekan G, Hahn A, Thune K, Schwarzer G, Schafer K, Daschner FD, Grundmann H: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a teaching hospital: investigation of nosocomial transmission using a matched case-control study J Hosp Infect, 2000; 46 (4): 263-270.
- Gaertner J, Siemens W, Antes G, Meerpohl JJ, Xander C, Schwarzer G, Stock S, Becker G: Specialist palliative care services for adults with advanced, incurable illness in hospital, hospice, or community settings—protocol for a systematic review Systematic Reviews, 2015; 4 (online): 123. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-015-0121-4
- Galandi D, Schwarzer G, Antes G: The demise of the randomised controlled trial: bibliometric study of the German-language health care literature, 1948 to 2004. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2006; 6: 30-34.
- Galandi D, Schwarzer G, Bassler D, Allgaier HP: Ursodeoxycholic acid and/or antibiotics for prevention of biliary stent occlusion (Cochrane Review). The Cochrane Library, 2004; 2: CD003043.
- Greb A, Bohlius J, Schiefer D, Schwarzer G, Schulz H, Engert A: High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation in the
first line treatment of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in adults. Cochrane Db Syst Rev, 2008; 1 (online): CD004024. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004024.pub2
- Greb A, Bohlius J, Trelle S, Schiefer D, De Souza CA, Gisselbrecht C, Intragumtornchai T, Kaiser U, Kluin-Nelemans HC, Martelli M, Milpied NJ, Santini G, Verdonck LF, Vitolo U, Schwarzer G, Engert A: High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support in first-line treatment of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma – Results of a comprehensive meta-analysis. Cancer Treat Rev, 2007; 33: 338-346.
- Knaus J, Hieke S, Binder H, Schwarzer G: Costs of Cloud Computing for a Biometry Department.
A Case Study. Method Inform Med, 2013; 52: 72-79. : http://dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME11-02-0048
- Knaus J, Porzelius C, Binder H, Schwarzer G: Easier Parallel Computing in R with snowfall and sfCluster. The R Journal, 2009; 1: 54-59.
- Lacour M, Zunder T, Restle A, Schwarzer G: No evidence for an impact of selenium supplementation on environment associated health disorders - a systematic review. Int J Hyg Envir Heal, 2004; 207: 1-13.
- Langensiepen S, Bohlius J, Seidenfeld J, Piper M, Bennett C, Schwarzer G, Engert A: Erythropoietin for patients with malignant disease (Protocol for a Cochrane Review). The Cochrane Library, 2004; 2: CD003407.
- Maier PC, Funk J, Schwarzer G, Antes G, Falck-Ytter Y: Treatment of ocular hypertension and open angle glaucoma: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Brit Med J, 2005; 331: 134-134.
- Maurer TB, Ochsner PE, Schwarzer G, Schumacher M: Increased loosening of cemented straight stem prostheses made from titanium alloys. An analysis and comparison with prostheses made of cobalt-chromium-nickel alloy. Int Orthop, 2001; 25: 77-80.
- Mueller K, Meerpohl JJ, Briel M, Antes G, von Elm E, Lang B, Gloy V, Motschall E, Schwarzer G, Bassler D: Detecting, quantifying and adjusting for publication bias in meta-analyses: protocol of a systematic review on methods. Systematic Reviews, 2013; 2 (online): 60. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-60
- Müller K, Briel M, D’Amario A, Kleijnen J, Marusic A, Wager E, Antes G, von Elm E, Lang B, Motschall E, Gloy V, Schwarzer G, Altman D, Meerpohl JJ, Bassler D: Defining publication bias: protocol for a systematic review of highly cited articles and proposal for a new framework. Systematic Reviews, 2013; 2 (online): 34. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-34
- Nagata T, Schmelzeisen R, Mattern D, Schwarzer G, Ohishi M: Application of fuzzy inference to European patients to predict cervical lymph nodes metastasis in carcinoma of the tongue. Int J Oral Max Surg, 2005; 34: 138-142.
- Neumann F-J, Kastrati A, Schwarzer G: New aspects in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes without ST-elevation: ICTUS and ISAR-COOL in perspective. Eur Heart J Suppl, 2007; 9: A4-A10.
- Portalupi S, von Elm E, Schmucker C, Lang B, Motschall E, Schwarzer G, Gross IT, Scherer RW, Bassler D, Meerpohl JJ: Protocol for a systematic review on the extent of non-publication of research studies and associated study characteristics. Systematic Reviews, 2013; 2 (online). : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-2
- Quellmann S, Schwarzer G, Hübel K, Greb A, Engert A, Bohlius J: Corticosteroids for preventing graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic myeloablative stem cell transplantation. Cochrane Db Syst Rev, 2008; 3 (online): CD004885. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004885.pub2
- Reinhard M, Schwarzer G, Briel M, Altamura C, Palazzo P, King A, Bornstein NM, Petersen N, Motschall E, Hetzel A, Marshall RS, Klijn CJ, Silvestrini M, Markus HS, Vernieri F: Cerebrovascular reactivity predicts stroke in high-grade carotid artery disease. Neurology, 2014; 83 (16): 1424-1431. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000000888
- Rossi C, Shrier I, Marshall L, Cnossen S, Schwartzman K, Klein MB, Schwarzer G, Greenaway C: Seroprevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection and prior immunity in immigrants and refugees: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Plos One, 2012; 7 (online): e44611. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044611
- Rücker G, Carpenter J, Schwarzer G: Detecting and adjusting for small-study effects in meta-analysis. Biometrical J, 2011; 53: 351-368. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bimj.201000151
- Rücker G, Schwarzer G: Reduce dimension or reduce weights? Comparing two approaches to multi-arm studies in network meta-analysis. Stat Med, 2014; 33: 4353-4369. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.6236
- Rücker G, Schwarzer G: Presenting simulation results in a nested loop plot. Bmc Med Res Methodol, 2014; 14 (online): 129. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-14-129
- Rücker G, Schwarzer G: Ranking treatments in frequentist network meta-analysis works without resampling methods. Bmc Med Res Methodol, 2015; 15 (online): 58. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-015-0060-8
- Rücker G, Schwarzer G, Carpenter J: Arcsine test for publication bias in meta-analyses with binary outcomes. Stat Med, 2008; 27: 746-763.
- Rücker G, Schwarzer G, Carpenter J, Olkin I: Why add anything to nothing? The arcsine difference as a measure of treatment effect in meta-analysis with zero cells. Stat Med, 2009; 28: 721-738. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.3511
- Rücker G, Schwarzer G, Carpenter JR, Binder H, Schumacher M: Treatment-effect estimates adjusted for small-study effects via a limit meta-analysis. Biostatistics, 2011; 12: 122-142. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biostatistics/kxq046
- Rücker G, Schwarzer G, Carpenter JR, Schumacher M: Undue reliance on I^2 in assessing heterogeneity may mislead. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2008; 8 (online). : http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1186/1471-2288-8-79
- Schmucker C, Bluemle A, Briel M, Portalupi S, Lang B, Motschall E, Schwarzer G, Bassler D, Mueller KF, von Elm E, Meerpohl JJ, on behalf of the OPEN Consortium: A protocol for a systematic review on the impact of unpublished studies and studies published in the gray literature in meta-analyses. Systematic Reviews, 2013; 2 (online): 24. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-24
- Schmucker C, Schell LK, Portalupi S, Oeller P, Cabrera L, Bassler D, Schwarzer G, Scherer RW, Antes G, von Elm E, Meerpohl JJ, on behalf of the OPEN consortium: Extent of Non-Publication in Cohorts of Studies Approved by Research Ethics Committees or Included in Trial Registries. Plos One, 2014; 9 (online): e114023. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114023
- Schulz H, Bohlius JF, Trelle S, Skoetz N, Reiser M, Kober T, Schwarzer G, Herold M, Dreyling M, Hallek M, Engert A: Immunochemotherapy with rituximab and overall survival in patients with indolent or mantle cell lymphoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Natl Cancer I, 2007; 99: 706-714.
- Schwarzer G, Antes G, Schumacher M: Inflation of type I error rate in two statistical tests for the detection of publication bias in meta-analyses with binary outcomes. Stat Med, 2002; 21: 2465-2477.
- Schwarzer G, Antes G, Schumacher M: A test for publication bias in meta-analysis with sparse binary data. Stat Med, 2007; 26: 721-733.
- Schwarzer G, Carpenter J, Rücker G: Empirical evaluation suggests Copas selection model preferable to trim-and-fill method for selection bias in meta-analysis. J Clin Epidemiol, 2010; 63: 282-288. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.05.008
- Schwarzer G, Galandi D, Antes G, Schumacher M: Meta-Analyse randomisierter klinischer Studien, Publikations-Bias und Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie in Medizin und Biologie, 2000; 31: 1-21.
- Schwarzer G, Nagata T, Mattern D, Schmelzeisen R, Schumacher M: Comparison of fuzzy inference, logistic regression, and classification trees (CART) for the prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis in carcinoma of the tongue. Method Inform Med, 2003; 42 (5): 572-577.
- Schwarzer G, Rücker G: Statistische Methoden zur Detektion und Adjustierung von Publikationsbias. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen, 2010; 104: 306-313. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2010.03.016
- Schwarzer G, Schumacher M: Statistische Tests zum Vergleich zweier Behandlungsmethoden. Klassisches Testverfahren oder Äquivalenztest? Nervenheilkunde, 1997; 16: 442-446.
- Schwarzer G, Schumacher M: Artificial neural networks for diagnosis and prognosis in prostate cancer. Seminars in Urologic Oncology, 2002; 20 (2): 89-95.
- Schwarzer G, Schumacher M, Maurer TB, Ochsner PE: Statistical analysis of failure times in total joint replacement. J Clin Epidemiol, 2001; 54: 997-1003.
- Schwarzer G, Türp JC, Antes G: Wie liest man klinische Studien? - P-Wert und Konfidenzintervall. Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift, 2001; 56 (12): 702-703.
- Schwarzer G, Türp JC, Antes G: Die Vierfeldertafel (in Diagnosestudien) - Sensitivität und Spezifität. Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift, 2002; 57 (6): 333-334.
- Schwarzer G, Türp JC, Antes G: Nutzen eines diagnostischen Tests in der Praxis: prädiktive Werte. Deutsche Zähnärztliche Zeitschrift, 2002; 57 (10): 573-575.
- Schwarzer G, Türp JC, Antes G: Sensitivität und Spezifität: Auswirkung der Wahl des Trennpunktes. Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift, 2002; 57: 501-521.
- Schwarzer G, Türp JC, Antes G: Wahrscheinlichkeitsverhältnis (Likelihood Ratio) - Alternative zu Sensitivität und Spezifität. Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift, 2002; 57 (12): 660-661.
- Schwarzer G, Türp JC, Antes G: Die Vierfeldertafel (in Interventionsstudien): Risiko - Risikodifferenz - Relatives Risiko. Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift, 2004; 59: 421-422.
- Schwarzer G, Türp JC, Antes G: Das Odds Ratio in Interventionsstudien. Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift, 2004; 59: 549-550.
- Schwarzer G, Türp JC, Antes G: Anzahl notwendiger Behandlungen - Number needed to treat. Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift, 2004; 59: 667-668.
- Schwarzer G, Vach W, Schumacher M: On the misuses of artificial neural networks for prognostic and diagnostic classification in oncology Stat Med, 2000; 19: 541-561.
- Schwarzer G., Galandi D., Antes G., Schumacher M.: Meta-Analyse randomisierter klinischer Studien, Publikations-Bias und Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie in Medizin und Biologie, 2000; 31: 1-21.
- Sterne JAC, Sutton AJ, Ioannidis JPA, Terrin N, Jones DR, Lau J, Carpenter J, Rücker G, Harbord RM, Schmid CH, Tetzlaff J, Deeks JJ, Peters J, Macaskill P, Schwarzer G, Duval S, Altman DG, Moher F, Higgins JPT: Recommendations for examining and interpreting funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. Brit Med J, 2011; 343: d4002. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d4002
- Steurer M, Pall G, Richards S, Schwarzer G, Bohlius J, Greil R, on behalf of the Cochrane Haematologic Malignancies Group: Single-agent purine analogues for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Treat Rev, 2006; 32: 377-389.
- Steurer M, Pall G, Richards S, Schwarzer G, Bohlius J, Greil R: Purine antagonists for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2006; 19: CD-004270.
- Tonia T, Mettler A, Robert N, Schwarzer G, Seidenfeld J, Weingart O, Hyde C, Engert A, Bohlius J: Erythropoietin or darbepoetin for patients with cancer. Cochrane Db Syst Rev, 2012; 12: CD003407. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003407.pub5
- Tonia T, Schwarzer G, Bohlius J: Cancer, meta-analysis and reporting biases: the case of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. Swiss Med Wkly, 2013; 143 (online): 13776. : http://dx.doi.org/10.4414/smw.2013.13776
- Türp J, Schwarzer G: Zur Wirksamkeit therapeutischer Maßnahmen: Post-hoc-ergo-propter-hoc-Trugschluß. Schweizer Monatsschrift für Zahnmedizin, 2003; 113: 37-42.
- Xander C, Meerpohl JJ, Galandi D, Buroh S, Schwarzer G, Antes G, Becker G: Pharmacological interventions for pruritus in adult palliative care patients. Cochrane Db Syst Rev, 2013; 6 (online): CD008320. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008320.pub2
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