Missing covariate data within cancer prognostic studies: A review of current reporting and proposed guidelines

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-8

  Burton, A ^a,b   Altman, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Missing covariate data; Prognostic models; Reporting; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; COVARIANCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DECISION MAKING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 3343019343     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601907     Document Type: Short Survey

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