Multivariate Random-Effects Approach: For Meta-Analysis of Cancer Staging Studies

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 974-984

  Bipat, Shandra ^a   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cancer staging; Meta analysis; random effects approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447329840     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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