An R function to non-parametric and piecewise analysis of competing risks survival data

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-38

  Filleron, Thomas ^a   Laplanche, Agnès ^b   Boher, Jean Marie ^c   Kramar, Andrew ^d  

^a INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^d CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Cumulative incidence; Piecewise estimation; R software; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPETING RISKS; CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE; PIECEWISE ESTIMATION; R SOFTWARES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BIOINFORMATICS; DATA HANDLING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956011765     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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