Survival analysis is the analysis of data measured from a specific time of origin until an event of interest or a specified endpoint (Collett, 1994). For example, in order to determine the incidence ...

We consider the competing risks problem with the available data in the form of times and causes of failure. In many practical situations (e.g., in reliability testing) it is important to know whether ...

We suggest an estimator for the proportional odds cumulative incidence model for competing risks data. The key advantage of this model is that the regression parameters have the simple and useful odds ...

In this study, researchers aimed to determine whether younger BRCA1/2 carriers who undergo oophorectomy can receive menopausal hormone therapy without increasing their risk of breast cancer.

Childhood cancer survivors have an elevated lifetime risk for meningioma, with the greatest risks among those who received ...

Stroke-related disability or death within 30 days is rare after discharge from the emergency department following a visit for ...

Impact of Intrathecal Triple Therapy Versus Intrathecal Methotrexate on Disease-Free Survival for High-Risk B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Children’s Oncology Group Study AALL1131 In Ontario, Canada, HAD ...

Underuse of Breast Cancer Adjuvant Treatment: Patient Knowledge, Beliefs, and Medical Mistrust Three patient risk groups were identified by FCM: standard (< 0.1% blast cells; 42% of the total), ...

Analysis using a national medical database revealed that the cumulative incidence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children born in 2009-2014 was 2.75% by the age of five. A research group led by ...