Prognosis Research Strategy (PROGRESS) 2: Prognostic Factor Research

In the second article in the PROGRESS series on prognostic factor research, Sara Schroter and colleagues discuss the role of prognostic factors in current clinical practice, randomised trials, and developing new interventions, and explain why and how prognostic factor research should be improved.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  PLoS Medicine

• Publication date

  2013-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001380PMID 23393429PMCID 3564757
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