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Dangers of Using "Optimal" Cutpoints in the Evaluation of Prognostic Factors

Altman, D. G., Lausen, B., Sauerbrei, W., Schumacher, M.·1994·JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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Douglas G. Altman, Berthold Lausen, Willi Sauerbrei, Martin Schumacher; Dangers of Using “Optimal” Cutpoints in the Evaluation of Prognostic Factors, JNCI: Jour

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Authors
Altman, D. G., Lausen, B., Sauerbrei, W., & Schumacher, M.
Affiliations
  • Forschungsinstitut für Kinderernährung (DE)
  • University of Freiburg (DE)
Corresponding author
Altman, D. G.
Venue
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Published
1994-06-01
Volume
86
Issue
11
Pages
829-835
ISSN
  • 0027-8874 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2105
OpenAlex
W2028896946
Cited by
1,143
References
0
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FWCI
23.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • FreiDok plus (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg) (submittedVersion)
  • Open Access at Essex (University of Essex) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Inference
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
Keywords
prognostic factors, receiver operating characteristic, misclassification
MeSH terms
Breast Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Neoplasms, Prognosis, Severity of Illness Index, Statistics as Topic, Survival Analysis, S Phase

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