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Definition surrogate marker:

Measurement of physical sign

Substitute for a clinically meaningful endpoints

Predict the effect of therapy

Example:

Tumour shrinkage as surrogate for survival

Definition biomarker

Measurement that reflects the current activity of a disease

process

Surrogate endpoints