About the Authors

Douglas G. Altman

doug.altman@csm.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Lisa M. McShane

Affiliation US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Willi Sauerbrei

Affiliation Institut fuer Medizinische Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik, Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Sheila E. Taube

Affiliation ST-Consulting, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors declare no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DGA LMM WS SET. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DGA LMM WS SET. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: DGA LMM WS SET. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: DGA LMM WS SET.