Likelihood ratios of clinical, laboratory and image data of pancreatic cancer: Bayesian approach

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-68

  De Icaza, Esteban ^a,b   López Cervantes, Malaquías ^c   Arredondo, Armando ^d   Robles Díaz, Guillermo ^e  

^a Health Service Departmente ^*  (Mexico)

^b Hospital Dr F Cabrera   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Early diagnosis; Likelihood ratios; Pancreatic cancer; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIKELIHOOD RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; ROC CURVE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 60349099441     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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