Analysing Survival Data From Clinical Trials and Observational Studies

The statistical methods and techniques described in this text range from descriptive and exploratory analysis to multivariate regression methods. Illustrative data sets are used throughout to describe methods of analysis and to report on results.

List of contents

The Scope of Survival Analysis.
 
Randomized Clinical Trials: General Principles and Some Controversial Issues.
 
Estimation of Survival Probabilities.
 
Non-Parametric Methods for the Comparison of Survival Curves.
 
Distribution Functions for Failure Time T .
 
The Cox Regression Model.
 
Validation of the Proportional Hazards Models.
 
Parametric Regression Models.
 
The Study of Prognostic Factors and the Assessment of Treatment Effect.
 
Competing Risks.
 
Meta-Analysis.
 
References.
 
Indexes.

Report

"...this book is written well..." (Statistics in Medical Research, Vol.12, No. 2, 2003)

Product details

• Authors: M. Emmerson, Marubini, E Marubini, Ettor Marubini, Ettore Marubini, Ettore (University of Milan Marubini, Ettore Valsecchi Marubini, Marubini Ettore, MARUBINI ETTORE VALSECCHI MARIA, Valsecchi, Maria G. Valsecchi, Maria Gr. Valsecchi, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Valsecchi Maria Grazia
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.1995
• EAN: 9780471939870
• ISBN: 978-0-471-93987-0
• No. of pages: 431
• Series: Statistics in Practice; Statistics in Practice
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Statistik, Medizin, Biometrie, Medizinische Statistik, Statistics, Medical Science, Mathematik / Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Statistik, Allg. Medizin, Applied Probability & Statistics - Survival Analysis