Parsimonious analysis of time-dependent effects in the Cox model

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2686-2698

  Lehr, Stephan ^a   Schemper, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Non proportional hazards; Over fit; Proportional hazards model; Survival analysis; Time varying coefficients

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AUSTRIA; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249698165     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2742     Document Type: Article

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