Empirical study of the dependence of the results of multivariable flexible survival analyses on model selection strategy

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 30, 2008, Pages 6470-6488

  Binquet, C ^a,b,c   Abrahamowicz, M ^d   Mahboubi, A ^a,b,c,d   Jooste, V ^a,b   Faivre, J ^a,b   Bonithon Kopp, C ^a,b,c   Quantin, C ^a,b,c  

^a Institut Médical de Génétique et d Immunologie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexible survival model; Gastric cancer; Model selection strategy; Splines

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH TUMOR; SURVIVAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 63249120920     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3447     Document Type: Article

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