کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1136195 | 1489153 | 2011 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Multiple sequential recurrences are one of the most important characteristics of superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, more than 50% of the patients will have recurrences (reappearance of a new superficial tumor). When in the same subject recurrent events are considered and these observed events are clustered into groups, independence between the clustered survival times cannot be assumed. A natural way to model the dependence of clustered event times is through the introduction of a cluster-specific random effect: the frailty term. On the other hand, between 10% and 30% of patients diagnosed with bladder carcinoma will present a muscle invasive progression, so the observation process of recurrences could be interrupted by a major failure event (progression). In this regard, a joint modelling of the two processes could make the study of a joint evolution over time possible, giving unbiased and efficient parameters. We jointly analyze recurrences and progression processes by means of the joint frailty model.
Journal: Mathematical and Computer Modelling - Volume 54, Issues 7–8, October 2011, Pages 1671–1675