Multi-state model for studying an intermediate event using time-dependent covariates: Application to breast cancer

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Meier Hirmer, Carolina ^a   Schumacher, Martin ^b  

^a SNCF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879095259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-80     Document Type: Article

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