Correlation of candidate MRI measure values with age, weight and gender is important, firstly, as such factors provide plausible surrogates for disease-related changes, usefully evidencing potential outcome measure validity.
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As such, we question use of the term for two primary reasons: Firstly, the term perpetuates cultural stereotypes of Asians and undermines broader efforts to generate equality.
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Tumour progression and response to treatment are currently evaluated according to response criteria based on morphologic imaging such as those firstly proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) or by the more widely used Response evaluation criteria in solid tumours (RECIST) [1, 2].
Kirwan [ 16] reported that lack of evidence of validity leads to two basic problems when using techniques such as FMEA: firstly, there is scepticism as to whether the techniques available have any empirical predictive validity, and secondly, technique developers and assessors get little useful feedback on how to improve the technique's predictive accuracy and precision.
