Receiver-operating characteristic as a tool for evaluating the diagnostic performance of prostate-specific antigen and its molecular forms - What has to be considered?

Prostate

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 307-310

  Jung, Klaus ^a   Stephan, Carsten ^a   Lein, Michael ^a   Brux, Brigitte ^a   Sinha, Pranav ^a   Schnorr, Dietmar ^a   Loening, Stefan A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic performance; Prostate cancer diagnosis; Prostate specific antigen; Receiver operating curve analysis

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 0035283121     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0045(20010301)46:4<307::AID-PROS1037>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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