Time-dependent predictive values of prognostic biomarkers with failure time outcome

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 481, 2008, Pages 362-368

  Zheng, Yingye ^a   Cai, Tianxi ^b   Pepe, Margaret S ^a   Levy, Wayne C ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Positive predictive value; Prognostic accuracy; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349107576     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214507000001481     Document Type: Article

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