Sequential testing approach as an efficient and easier alternative for the validation of new predictive technologies in the clinic

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1087-1090

  Beam, Craig A ^a   Gao, Weihua ^a   Macias, Virgilia ^a   Liang, Weimin ^a   Balla, André Kajdacsy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHUN NOMOGRAM; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMOGRAM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; NOMOGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 61449264657     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.3061     Document Type: Article

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