Comparison of methods for handling missing data on immunohistochemical markers in survival analysis of breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 693-699

  Ali, A M G ^a   Dawson, S J ^b,c   Blows, F M ^b   Provenzano, E ^c,d   Ellis, I O ^e   Baglietto, L ^f   Huntsman, D ^g   Caldas, C ^b,c,d   Pharoah, P D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CANCER RESEARCH UK CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^g VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

complete case analysis; missing covariates; missing data; multiple imputation; tissue micro arrays

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPLETE CASE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN SUBSTITUTION; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951674783     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6606078     Document Type: Article

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