Our results may be useful in matching NSCLC patients with suitable drugs and predict response rate to pemetrexed-containg chemotherapy as well as for the further investigation of random clinical trial on patients receiving platinum-based or pemetrexed-based chemotherapy.
The scoring system consists of 8 questions on the validity of the study design (appropriate methods and frame, adequate size, suitable criteria, outcome measurements, and response rate), the interpretation (prevalence given with confidence intervals) and the applicability of the results (detailed description of subjects and settings), weighted equality with one point [ 15].
In a cross-sectional study design, 3764 children from 16 randomly selected high schools were eligible to participate, 3468 completed the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase I questionnaire of which 3424 were suitable for analysis; the overall response rate was 92 %.
However, the question regarding suitable response time depends on the arrival rate and the average life expectancy of VN requests.
Of the 691 questionnaires distributed, 498 were returned with data suitable for analysis, for an overall response rate of 72.1%.
In this situation, response rate is no longer suitable as an endpoint, so a breast cancer proliferation biomarker, such as Ki67, is then applied to determine the new agent's biologic effect [ 7].
Among the selected home-visit nursing agencies, responses suitable for analysis were obtained from 1,340 (effective response rate, 46.0%).
The response rate was 88%; 101 questionnaires were suitable for analysis (86%).
In total, 16 091 participants completed the survey (response rate: 89.4%) and 16 078 responses were suitable for analysis.
The response rate was 89.4% (16 091/18 000), and 16 078 responses were suitable for analysis.
