A STAR-Document for those interested in evaluating diagnostic research studies

First, let me disclose that the Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (STARD) 2003 statement was published and endorsed by Clinical Biochemistry (1). Second, I will also disclose that I was doing my training in clinical chemistry during that time and I did not truly appreciate the importance of this document. Quite the omission, considering the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Biochemistry at that time was also my supervisor.