Maximum likelihood methods for cure rate models with missing covariates

Biometrics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-52

  Chen, Ming Hui ^a   Ibrahim, Joseph G ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cure rate model; EM algorithm; Gibbs sampling; Latent variables; Missing data

Indexed keywords

CURING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COVARIATES; CURE RATE; CURE RATE MODEL; EM ALGORITHMS; GIBBS SAMPLING; LATENT VARIABLE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; MISSING DATA; PARAMETERS ESTIMATION; RATE MODELS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

INTERFERON;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MELANOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035102205     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2001.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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