The estimation of average hazard ratios by weighted Cox regression

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2473-2489

  Schemper, Michael ^a   Wakounig, Samo ^a   Heinze, Georg ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Converging hazards; Effect size; Prentice test; Proportional hazards model; Survival analysis; Weighted estimation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL TIME;

BIOMETRY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 69949088278     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3623     Document Type: Article

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