title: The central role of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves in evaluating tests for the early detection of cancer.
authors.affiliation: Biometry Research Group, National Cancer Institute, National Intitutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-7354, USA. sb16i@nih.gov
authors.forename: Stuart G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D019540:Area Under Curve; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015588:Observer Variation; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D040901:Proteomics; D012372:ROC Curve
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor