A robust weighted Kaplan-Meier approach for data with dependent censoring using linear combinations of prognostic covariates

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2215-2223

  Hsu, Chiu Hsieh ^a,b   Taylor, Jeremy M G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependent censoring; Prognostic covariates; Risk scores; Weighted kaplan meier estimator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; SAMPLING ERROR; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; RISK;

EID: 77956931029     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3969     Document Type: Article

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