Reviewer's report
Title:Heat Shock Protein-27, -60 and -90 expression in gastric cancer:
association with clinicopathological variables and patient survival
Version: 1Date:31 July 2008
Reviewer: Yuanyuan Xiao
Reviewer's report:
I think the article by Giaginis et al. is well written, and their statistical analysis
regarding the association of the intensity / expression of HSPs with clinical
variable and survival is also appropriately conducted. I did not find any major
issues that need modifications, but there is one minor issue concerning the small
sample sizes of some of Chi-square tests (Table 1-3), which will need an exact
test or continuity correction to derive more accurate p values. From the
descriptions in the method section, it does not appear that the authors have done
that.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Heat Shock Protein-27, -60 and -90 expression in gastric cancer:
association with clinicopathological variables and patient survival
Version: 1Date:31 July 2008
Reviewer: Yuanyuan Xiao
Reviewer's report:
I think the article by Giaginis et al. is well written, and their statistical analysis
regarding the association of the intensity / expression of HSPs with clinical
variable and survival is also appropriately conducted. I did not find any major
issues that need modifications, but there is one minor issue concerning the small
sample sizes of some of Chi-square tests (Table 1-3), which will need an exact
test or continuity correction to derive more accurate p values. From the
descriptions in the method section, it does not appear that the authors have done
that.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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Reviewer's report
Title:Heat Shock Protein-27, -60 and -90 expression in gastric cancer:
association with clinicopathological variables and patient survival
Version: 1Date:31 July 2008
Reviewer: Yuanyuan Xiao
Reviewer's report:
I think the article by Giaginis et al. is well written, and their statistical analysis
regarding the association of the intensity / expression of HSPs with clinical
variable and survival is also appropriately conducted. I did not find any major
issues that need modifications, but there is one minor issue concerning the small
sample sizes of some of Chi-square tests (Table 1-3), which will need an exact
test or continuity correction to derive more accurate p values. From the
descriptions in the method section, it does not appear that the authors have done
that.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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