Immortal time bias: A frequently unrecognized threat to validity in the evaluation of postoperative radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1365-1373

  Park, Henry S ^a   Gross, Cary P ^a   Makarov, Danil V ^b   Yu, James B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Observational study; Postoperative radiotherapy; SEER; Survival

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BIAS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; SEER; SURVIVAL;

BIOGRAPHIES;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; GASTRECTOMY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM RESECTION; REVIEW; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; SURVEILLANCE, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND END RESULTS; VALIDITY;

EID: 84863625926     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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