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. 2011 Mar 28;6(3):e18060. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018060

Table 2. Characteristics of the most central trials.

Network Measure Group Disease Treatment Av. HR
Group, Treatment, Disease Betweenness Max = 0.006 ECOG Leukemia Definitive* 1.22
Closeness Max = 0.75 ECOG GI Definitive* 1.22
Authorities Max = 0.08 ECOG GI(8/10); GYN(2/10) Definitive* 0.97
Hubs Max = 0.08 ECOG GI(8/10); GYN(2/10) Definitive* 0.97
Random network based on the Group, Treatment, Disease network Betweenness Max = 0.002 RTOG Lung Definitive* 0.98
Closeness Max = 0.69 ECOG Lung Definitive* 0.98
Authorities Max = 0.06 RTOT (3/10); ECOG (5/10); GOG (1/10); SWOG (1/10) GI(3/10); Lung (2/10); GYN (2/10); H&N Leukemia Definitive*(6/10); Adjuvant (2/10); Supportive(1/10); Other (2/10) 0.96
Hubs Max = 0.06 RTOT (3/10); ECOG (5/10); GOG (1/10); SWOG (1/10) GI(3/10); Lung (2/10); GYN (2/10); H&N Leukemia Definitive*(6/10)Adjuvant (2/10)Supportive(1/10)Other (2/10) 0.96
Preferential attachment Betweenness Max = 0.04 RTOG Prostate Definitive* 2.82
Closeness Max = 0.66 ECOG Lung Definitive* 2.31
Authorities Max = 0.18 ECOG Lung Definitive* 2.31
Hubs Max = 0.18 ECOG Lung Definitive* 2.31
Random network based on the Preferential attachment network Betweenness Max = 0.068 SWOG GI Adjuvant 0.75
Closeness Max = 0.554 SWOG GI Adjuvant 0.75
Authorities Max = 0.089 ECOG (5/10); SWOG (2/10); NCCTG (1/10); CALGB (1/10); CHOG (1/10) GI (3/10); CNS (2/10); Lung (2/10); Leukemia (1/10); Melanoma (1/10); Breast (1/10) Definitive*(5/10); Adjuvant (3/10) Maintenance (1/10) Other 1.10
Hubs Max = 0.089 ECOG (5/10); SWOG (2/10); NCCTG (1/10); CALGB (1/10); CHOG (1/10) GI (3/10); CNS (2/10); Lung (2/10); Leukemia (1/10); Melanoma (1/10) Breast (1/10) Definitive*(5/10) Adjuvant (3/10) Maintenance (1/10) Other 1.10

For brevity, we do not include the networks generated by the shared characteristics: group, treatment; group, disease; disease, treatment. The numbers in parentheses denote the memberships of each component in the group of nodes that present the same centrality measures.