Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 9 , Pages 885-892 , September 1999

A Comparison of C/B Ratios from Studies Using Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analysis

  • Scott B. Cantor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, Section of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Scott B. Cantor, Ph.D., The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, Section of General Internal Medicine, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Box 40, Houston, TX 77030-4095
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  • Charlotte C. Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA
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  • Guillermo Tortolero-Luna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA
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  • Rebecca Richards-Kortum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX USA
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  • Michele Follen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA

,Accepted 2 April 1999.

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☆ This paper was presented, in part, at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 1996.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 9 , Pages 885-892 , September 1999

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