title: Reply to: appropriate statistical descriptions for evaluating the predictive role of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in patients with pancreatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan. Electronic address: suguru@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Suguru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: Biostatistics Section, Center for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirakawa
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D058750:Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor