Regression modeling of competing risk using R: An in depth guide for clinicians

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1388-1395

  Scrucca, L ^a   Santucci, A ^a   Aversa, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HSCT recipients; instructions for use; model selection; R statistical software; regression model for competing risk analysis; sample data base

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77956481553     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2009.359     Document Type: Article

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