Of the 10 studies, 9 evaluated paper-based SCPs (Grunfeld et al, 1996, 2006, 2011; Oeffinger et al, 2010; Jefford et al, 2011; Spain et al, 2012; Blinder et al, 2013; Brothers et al, 2013; Hershman et al, 2013) and one evaluated a web-based document (Blaauwbroek et al, 2012) (Table 1).
Reviewers independently evaluated papers using a quality assessment tool.
The evaluated papers reported no side effects related to exposure to LLLT.
The present review demonstrates that a graded scoring system for symptom assessment was used in 40% of the evaluated papers.
In palliative cancer care, improvement of QoL is a main treatment goal, and data on this issue are missing in all the evaluated papers.
This was also noted by Molinari & Molinari [ 2] who have shown that the slope of the line describing the dependence of the h-index on the number of publications is higher when the number of evaluated papers is small.
The peer reviewers who evaluate papers before journals commit to publishing them are much worse at spotting mistakes than they or others appreciate.
Frontiers's mandate to evaluate papers on the basis of their scientific soundness instead of subjective criteria guarantees that authors will receive fair treatment, Markram argues.
The aim was to evaluate papers retracted due to falsification in high-impact journals.
