PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ronald L Zimmern
TI  - Testing challenges: evaluation of novel diagnostics and molecular biomarkers
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-1-68
DP  - 2009 Feb 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 68--73
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/1/68.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/1/68.full
SO  - Clin Med2009 Feb 01; 9
AB  - Through the lens of public health genomics, this article probes certain issues that concern the evaluation of diagnostic tests and molecular biomarkers, and the accompanying policy and regulatory implications. It begins with some conceptual remarks followed by a discussion of evaluation, translation, and regulation, and their importance for public health.