The phrase "a potential surrogate for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that may serve as a substitute or alternative for another thing, often in a scientific or technical context.
Example: "The new compound acts as a potential surrogate for the original drug, providing similar therapeutic effects."
Alternatives: "a possible substitute for" or "an alternative to".
Also, removal of spores of Clostridium perfringens D10, a potential surrogate for Cryptosporidium oocysts, was studied.
Progression-free survival (PFS), another common endpoint in oncology clinical trials, has been discussed as a potential surrogate for OS in metastatic NSCLC.
They identified PSA doubling time as a potential surrogate for prostate mortality.
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].
We assessed the effect of deployment to high traveler's diarrhea risk regions as a potential surrogate for IGE, due to incomplete data capture in a deployed population.
Changes in the level of biochemical markers of bone resorption with risedronate treatment for osteoporosis have been examined as a potential surrogate for the decrease in fracture risk.
This allows us to argue about the robustness of SH to be a potential surrogate of environmental nuances for species variability detection in LCIA.
MIP estimated using the unidirectional valve method may be a potential surrogate parameter for the assessment of muscle strength compromise, useful for the early detection of ICU-AW.
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.
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.
Thus, APL1β28 is a potential surrogate marker for Aβ42.
