Abstract
In the evaluation of new and existing medical tests, establishing a test's diagnostic accuracy is an essential step. Accuracy studies with shortcomings in study design can produce biased results. Evidence accumulates that many published research articles fail to include key elements about study methods and findings. Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy studies (STARD) were developed by an international group to improve the reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies. The STARD statement and the 25-item checklist have been published and adopted by major clinical and subspecialty journals. A similar initiative has been organized for prognostic tumor markers in oncology.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Evidence Base of Clinical Diagnosis |
Subtitle of host publication | Theory and methods of diagnostic research: Second Edition |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Pages | 167-179 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781405157872 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Feb 2009 |
Keywords
- NCI-EORTC First International Meeting on Cancer Diagnostics
- Prototypical flow diagram of diagnostic accuracy study
- Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve
- Reporting on diagnostic accuracy studies
- STARD statement development
- STARD, REMARK, and QUADAS
- Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD)
- Websites - Clinical Chemistry, CONSORT, and STARD