A relative survival regression model using B-spline functions to model non-proportional hazards

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2767-2784

  Giorgi, Roch ^a,c   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^b   Quantin, Catherine ^c   Bolard, Philippe ^d   Esteve, Jacques ^e   Gouvernet, Joanny ^a   Faivre, Jean ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

B splines; Colon cancer; Non proportional hazards; Relative survival; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROCESS MODEL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041924828     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1484     Document Type: Article

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