Testing for crossover of two hazard functions using Gail and Simon's method

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-326

  Joshua Chen, Y H ^a   Frank Liu, G H ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossover; Gail Simon test; Hazard functions; Linear rank statistics; Nonproportionality; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GAIL SIMON TEST; HAZARD FUNCTION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646240626     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400600614791     Document Type: Article

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