An analysis of the recurrence-progression process in bladder carcinoma by means of joint frailty models
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چکیده
Multiple sequential recurrences are one of themost 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 clusterspecific 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. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Mathematical and Computer Modelling
دوره 54 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011