A Bayesian approach to weibull survival models - application to a cancer clinical trial

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-174

  Abrams, Keith ^a   Ashby, Deborah ^b   Errington, Doug ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CLATTERBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Exponential distribution; Laplace approximations; Neutron therapy; Parametric proportional hazards; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIS TUMOR; PHOTON; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

BAYES THEOREM; FAST NEUTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030325738     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00128573     Document Type: Article

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