Evaluating a marker's contribution to a nomogram: the GEMCaP example.

نویسنده

  • Michael W Kattan
چکیده

A postoperative nomogram developed in 1999 by Kattan et al. has been externally validated, but needs improvement. This tool predicts well but not perfectly. The Genomic Evaluators of Metastatic Prostate Cancer (GEMCaP) biomarkers hold promise for improving this tool; however, a larger data set that permits more involved analyses is needed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

دوره 16 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010