Missing data in clinical studies: Issues and methods

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 3297-3303

  Ibrahim, Joseph G ^a   Chu, Haitao ^b   Chen, Ming Hui ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; BAYES THEOREM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER CANCER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866615945     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.38.7589     Document Type: Review

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