A competing risks analysis should report results on all cause-specific hazards and cumulative incidence functions

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 648-653

  Latouche, Aurelien ^a,b   Allignol, Arthur ^c   Beyersmann, Jan ^c   Labopin, Myriam ^d   Fine, Jason P ^e  

^a Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant; Competing risks; Cumulative incidence; Endpoints; Proportional hazards; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING; RELAPSE; REVIEW;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84876932638     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.09.017     Document Type: Review

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