The Handling of Missing Data in Molecular Epidemiology Studies

• Published in: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention Vol. 20; no. 8; pp. 1571 - 1579
• Main Authors: Desai, Manisha, Kubo, Jessica, Esserman, Denise, Terry, Mary Beth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA American Association for Cancer Research 01.08.2011
• Subjects: Bias; Biological and medical sciences; Data Collection - methods; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Molecular Epidemiology - methods; Research Design; Tumors; Molecular epidemiology; Missing data; Cancerology; Data handling; Handling
• ISSN: 1055-9965; 1538-7755; 1538-7755
• DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1311

Molecular epidemiology studies face a missing data problem, as biospecimen or imaging data are often collected on only a proportion of subjects eligible for study. We investigated all molecular epidemiology studies published as Research Articles, Short Communications, or Null Results in Brief in Can...