From: Reporting methods in studies developing prognostic models in cancer: a review
 | % (n = 47) articles |
---|---|
Primary outcome | Â |
   Overall survival | 66 (31) |
   Disease free survival (DFS) | 34 (16) |
Definition of outcomes | Â |
   Overall survival (n = 31) |  |
Explicitly death from any cause | 15 (7) |
Cancer death only | 21 (10) |
Type of death unclear | 30 (14) |
   Disease free survival (n = 16) |  |
DFS including death* | 10 (5) |
DFS not including death | 13 (6) |
DFS but unclear if includes death | 10 (5) |
   Multivariable outcome clearly defined‡ | 60 (28) |