Study designs in biomarker research

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 106 - 110, 04.07.2017

Robab Ahmadian Gokhan Ocakoglu

https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.284433

Abstract

In order to advances in
technology, nowadays science is facing to a large variety of biomarkers. Issues
of selecting appropriate study design for biomarkers, facing with a large
number of biomarkers, multiple biomarkers, and usefulness of a new biomarker the
today is more complicated. Current study is an overview of the issues discussed
in studies of biomarkers. 

Keywords

Biomarker, study design, trial

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