1988
Identifying prognostic factors in binary outcome data: An application using liver function tests and age to predict liver metastases
Makuch R, Rosenberg P, Mulshine J. Identifying prognostic factors in binary outcome data: An application using liver function tests and age to predict liver metastases. Statistics In Medicine 1988, 7: 843-856. PMID: 2842852, DOI: 10.1002/sim.4780070803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver function testsLiver metastasesFunction testsOutcome dataSmall cell lung cancerImportant prognostic variablesCell lung cancerLogistic regression modelsPrognostic factorsLung cancerPrognostic variablesMetastasisBinary outcome dataSpecific guidelinesRegression modelsAgeStandard logistic regression model
1984
Diagnosis and significance of liver metastases in small cell carcinoma of the lung.
Mulshine J, Makuch R, Johnston-Early A, Matthews M, Carney D, Ihde D, Cohen M, Bates H, Dunnick N, Minna J. Diagnosis and significance of liver metastases in small cell carcinoma of the lung. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 1984, 2: 733-41. PMID: 6330314, DOI: 10.1200/jco.1984.2.7.733.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver function testsLiver metastasesLiver biopsyLiver scanFunction testsLiver evaluationSmall cell lung cancerNoninvasive procedureDisease-free survivorsPercutaneous liver biopsySmall cell carcinomaCell lung cancerRadionuclide liver scanResponse of patientsNational Cancer InstituteSuch metastasesLiver involvementConsecutive patientsStaging procedureHepatic metastasesPrognostic implicationsCell carcinomaPhysical examinationLung cancerCancer Institute