An estimate of the variance of estimators for lead time and screening benefit time in randomized cancer screening trials

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 801-821

  Kafadar, Karen ^a   Prorok, Philip C ^b   Smith, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic variance; Cancer screening; Influence function; Kaplan Meier estimate; Lead time; Survival curve

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ASYMPTOTIC VARIANCE; CANCER SCREENING; INFLUENCE FUNCTIONS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATES; LEAD SCREENING; LEADTIME; PERFORMANCE; SURVIVAL CURVES; SURVIVAL TIME; VARIANCE ESTIMATORS;

DISEASES;

EID: 0032269370     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(199811)40:7<801::AID-BIMJ801>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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