Estimation of the 2-sample hazard ratio function using a semiparametric model

Biostatistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 354-368

  Yang, Song ^a   Prentice, Ross L ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Empirical process; Gaussian process; Hazard ratio; Simultaneous inference; Survival analysis; Treatment time interaction

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY DISEASE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PROGESTINS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953142008     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxq061     Document Type: Article

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