Combining several screening tests: Optimality of the risk score

Biometrics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 657-664

  McIntosh, Martin W ^a   Pepe, Margaret Sullivan ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Diagnosis; Likelihood ratio; Prediction; Prognosis; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DECISION THEORY; DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BINARY REGRESSION; CANCER BIOMARKERS; LIKELIHOOD RATIOS; OPTIMALITY; PROGNOSE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; REGRESSION METHOD; RISK SCORE; SCREENING PROGRAMS; SCREENING TESTS;

DIAGNOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKER;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036713833     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2002.00657.x     Document Type: Review

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