Statistical analysis of quality of life with missing data in cancer clinical trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5-7, 1998, Pages 653-666

  Troxel, Andrea B ^a   Fairclough, Diane L ^b   Curran, Desmond ^c   Hahn, Elizabeth A ^d  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^d EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2642702574     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980315/15)17:5/7<653::aid-sim812>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Conference Paper

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