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Authors: Macmillan Cancer Support
Bottom Line:
A summary of the current treatments under research for prostate cancer
Publication details:
The following treatments are briefly discussed:
- Hormone therapy
- Endothelin blockers
- Bisphosphonates
- Chemotherapy drugs
- Cryotherapy
- High frequency ultrasound treatment
- Photodynamic therapy
- Vaccine therapy
We assessed this page using an appraisal instrument developed by Minervation specifically for this project. This approach is still in development, so you should regard the assessments as a general guide. Click here to find out more, or to let us know how you think the approach could be improved.
Reliability comments:
- Website content is checked by relevant experts
- The editorial policy has disappeared from the site. Content Standards are referred to in the context of user submissions to the site forum, but not laid out for their own content.
- The content is regularly reviewed, however.
Usability comments:
- Information is clearly laid out
- Some specialist terminology used
- The search enginehas much improved
- Extensive Help is available.
- For some reason, the site design does not support the "Visited Link" property, meaning that you can't tell if you've previously visited a page before linking to it.
Scoring
Reliability
| Item |
Score |
| Is it clear who has developed the web site and what their objectives are? |
3 |
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| Does the site report a robust quality control procedure? |
1 |
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| Is the page content checked by an expert? |
3 |
| Website content is checked by relevant experts. |
| Is the page updated regularly? |
0 |
| Last content update July 2007. |
| Does the page cite relevant sources where appropriate? |
2 |
| The pages some references. |
Usability
| Item |
Score |
| Is the site accessible without a login? |
3 |
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| Does the site conform to web Accessibility standards? |
3 |
| Lida score 100% |
| Is the site design clear and transparent? |
2 |
| The colour contrast is poor and the pages tend to be rather dense in terms of the amount of text. |
| Is the site design consistent from one page to another? |
3 |
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| Can users find what they need on the site? |
3 |
| The search has much improved. |
| Is the format of information clear and appropriate for the audience? |
2 |
| Information is clearly laid out. Some specialist terminology used. |
| Weighted total (Usability + (Reliability x 2)): |
34 |
We score each question out of three where:
| 0 |
= Never or Can't tell |
| 1 |
= Sometimes or partly |
| 2 |
= Mostly |
| 3 |
= Always |
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Current research into treatments for prostate cancer
