Objective criteria for in-vitro responses in human tumor colony-forming assays

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publication date

  • October 1988

abstract

  • The application of rigorous statistical criteria to the design and analysis of in-vitro assay techniques can lead to more reliable assessments of their utility. The authors demonstrate that an objective criterion for in-vitro drug sensitivity would yield less pronounced false-negative error rates than a fixed-cutoff rule, and would therefore be more suitable for screening of putative chemotherapeutic agents.