The phrase "a potential surrogate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone or something that may serve as a substitute or representative in a particular context, such as in medical, legal, or social discussions.
Example: "The researchers identified a potential surrogate for the study, which could help in understanding the disease better."
Alternatives: "a possible substitute" or "a prospective representative".
Also, removal of spores of Clostridium perfringens D10, a potential surrogate for Cryptosporidium oocysts, was studied.
Some clinics will cap the age of a potential surrogate mother at 40, or even younger, but Dr. Fateh told us that as long as Cathy was healthy, her age was largely not relevant.
In this study, the Cortical Fractional Interstitial Fibrosis Volume (V(IntFib)), quantitated with computerized image analysis of Sirius Red-stained protocol biopsies, was examined as a potential surrogate for time to graft failure (TTGF) in 68 renal allograft recipients.
This allows us to argue about the robustness of SH to be a potential surrogate of environmental nuances for species variability detection in LCIA.
Progression-free survival (PFS), another common endpoint in oncology clinical trials, has been discussed as a potential surrogate for OS in metastatic NSCLC.
Our data therefore suggest that Dicer dependent microRNAs regulate CHO cell proliferation and that Dicer could serve as a potential surrogate marker for cellular proliferation.
Therefore, it is a promising imaging target as a potential surrogate parameter of angiogenic activity.
The choice of MIP was based on the fact that it is highly resistant against isoniazid in an in vitro assay model [15, 16, 17], thus providing a potential surrogate resistant mycobacteria bacilli for this study.
They identified PSA doubling time as a potential surrogate for prostate mortality.
C4b-Binding Protein (C4BP) has been reported to act as a potential surrogate ligand for CD40, suggesting that it could be involved in modulating liver epithelial cell survival.
The PSA "doubling time" has been identified as a potential surrogate for cause-specific mortality, and is used by some clinicians to determine which men with PSA relapse deserve adjuvant hormonal ablation, local radiation therapy, or simple observation [4] [6].
