Chapter 15. Analysis of Survival Times

  1. Michael R. Chernick1,
  2. Robert H. Friis2

Published Online: 11 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471458716.ch15

Book Title

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap

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How to Cite

Chernick, M. R. and Friis, R. H. (2003) Analysis of Survival Times, in Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471458716.ch15

Author Information

  1. 1

    Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, USA

  2. 2

    California State University, Long Beach, California, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 11 APR 2003
  2. Published Print: 21 FEB 2003

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471411376

Online ISBN: 9780471458715

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Keywords:

  • survival probability;
  • life tables;
  • Kaplan–Meier curve;
  • parametric survival curve;
  • cure rate model;
  • logrank test

Summary

  • Survival analysis follows patients over time until the occurrence of a particular event.

  • Estimating the survival of new patients about to experience a medical procedure

  • Defining the survival function

  • Life tables give estimates for survival during time intervals.

  • The Kaplan–Meier curve is a nonparametric estimate of the survival curve.

  • Survival curves based on just a few parameter estimates…

  • Cure rate models can be estimated by using the same survival data…

  • To compare two survival curves in a parametric family of distributions…

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