Sentence examples for is a poor surrogate from inspiring English sources

"Stage" is a poor surrogate for biology: While a difference of a millimeter, as measured by a pathologist's eye, may change the classification of a breast cancer from Stage I to Stage II, that increase does not suddenly double the risk of relapse.

Low or high birth weight is a poor surrogate of the exact intrauterine events.

Our data confirm that PFS is a poor surrogate for OS when SPP is long, but it is a better surrogate where SPP is short.

Thus, that study demonstrates that in a patient population with a compromised chest wall, P plat is a poor surrogate for P l, and setting the upper limit for P aw at 30 cmayO may not be realistic without considering the underlying chest wall mechanics [33].

In contrast, the bone marrow myeloblast count is a poor surrogate for clonality.

However, the relationship was found to be poor and it was concluded that retinal thickness is a poor surrogate for visual acuity [16].

Mr. Douglas, a lawyer who has been involved in litigation against the tobacco industry, said the ruling illustrates that the courts are a poor surrogate for government regulation when it comes to holding the industry accountable.

The typical mandate in conservation planning is to identify areas that represent biodiversity targets within the smallest possible area of land or sea, despite the fact that area may be a poor surrogate for the cost of many conservation actions.

Nevertheless, as Bithell et al recognise, proximity per se may be a poor surrogate for a true measure of exposure.

The measured 'exposure variable' in our case proximity may be a poor surrogate for a genuine exposure variable.

This suggests that birth weight may be a poor surrogate for a suboptimal environment during pregnancy when testing for fetal programming via DNA methylation mechanisms.