title: Discussion by O'Quigley and Flandre.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Statistique Théorique et Appliquée, Université Paris VI, Paris, France. john.oquigley@upmc.fr
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Quigley
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flandre
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods*; D023381:Endpoint Determination / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers