Sentence examples for marker is controversial from inspiring English sources

Although hyperlactatemia is common after cardiac surgery (CS), its value and utility as a prognostic marker is controversial.

However, the usefulness of FSP1 as a fibroblast marker is controversial [5].

Therefore, the value of LGD as a clinical cancer risk marker is controversial.

Visceral hypersensitivity has received the most attention as a putative biological marker but its use as a diagnostic marker is controversial [ 6] and other less invasive candidates need to be validated.

We also acknowledge that our assessment of renal injury using postoperative peak serum creatinine levels as the only marker is controversial and not perfect; however, it is commonly used in the clinical setting.

While all investigators agree on CD45 and CXCR4 as hematopoietic cell markers and ColI as a fibroblast marker, the use of CD14 and CD34 as hematopoietic cell markers is controversial.

However, immunohistochemistry (IHC) of these markers are controversial and have a limited use in larger institutions.

Mitotic index and Ki67 staining are the most promising parameters; however, results for these markers are controversial (Begg et al, 1999; Daniels et al, 2002; Caly et al, 2004; Jalava et al, 2006).

However, the possible use of this neuro-specific protein as a marker of BIND is controversial.

CD133 as been identified as a marker of cancer stem cells in some models but not others, and its utility as a single marker of such cells is controversial [55].

Similarly other markers such as KRAS had been suggested as prognostic markers, but KRAS mutations have been observed in several cancers and its importance as prognostic marker is still controversial.