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Table 2

Risk of bias assessment results using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT).

StudyStudy designMMAT criteria met1Risk of bias score2
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Quantitative descriptive
Abramson et al. (2014)ObservationalYYYY
Andre et al. (2018)3ClinicalNYYY
Ahmad et al. (2016)ObservationalYYYY
Arthur et al. (2014)ObservationalYYYY
Basho et al. (2016)ClinicalYYYY
Basu et al. (2016)3ObservationalYYYY
Beelen et al. (2014)ObservationalYYYY
Bertucci et al. (2016)ObservationalYYYY
Board et al. (2010)ClinicalYYYY
Campone et al. (2018)ClinicalYNYY
Christgen et al. (2013)ObservationalYYYN
Dickler et al. (SABCS, 2016)3ClinicalYYYY
Filipenko et al. (2017)ObservationalNNYY
Fleming et al. (2012)ClinicalYYYY
Gasch et al. (2016)ObservationalYYYY
Gonzalez-Angulo et al. (2011)3ObservationalYYYY
Fitzgerald et al. (2016)ObservationalYYYN
Lefebvre et al. (2016)ObservationalYNYY
Liu et al. (2015)ObservationalNYYY
Mayer et al. (2014)ClinicalYYYY
Mayer et al. (2016)ClinicalYYYY
Moynahan et al. (2017)ClinicalYYYY
Muller et al. (2016)ObservationalYYYY
Oliveira et al. (2016)3ObservationalNNYN
Roy-Chowdhuri et al. (2015)ObservationalYYYY
Rugo et al. (2019)3ClinicalNYYY
Sakr et al. (2014)ObservationalYYYY
Soucier-Ernst et al. (2015)3ClinicalYYYY
Vetter et al. (2014)3ObservationalYNYN
Wang et al. (2015)3ObservationalNNYN
Welt et al. (2013)ObservationalYYYY
Williams et al. (2014)3ObservationalYNYN
Yuan et al. (2015)ClinicalYYYY
Yuan et al. (2016)ClinicalYNYN
Zhang et al. (2014)ClinicalYYYY
Quantitative randomized controlled
Baselga et al. (2017)ClinicalYYYY
Di Leo et al. (2018)ClinicalYYYY
Quantitative nonrandomized
Baird et al. (2016)3ClinicalYYYY
Blackwell et al. (2015)ClinicalYYYY
Dickler et al. (ASCO, 2016)ClinicalYYYY

1Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) criteria available in Appendix B (corresponding with questions 1-4 for respective study type). 2Each indicates percentage (25%, 50%, 75%, or 100%) of criteria met where (25%) corresponds to a high risk of bias and (100%) corresponds to a low risk of bias. 3Study data reported in a poster or conference abstract. Y: yes; N: no.