Deriving more up-to-date estimates of long-term patient survival

被引：112

作者：

Brenner, H ^{[1
]}

Gefeller, O ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV GOTTINGEN,DEPT MED STAT,D-37073 GOTTINGEN,GERMANY

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY | 1997年 / 50卷 / 02期

关键词：

biometrics; disease registries; epidemiologic methods; prognosis; statistics; survival;

D O I：

10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00280-1

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Statistics reflective of patient survival should be as up-to-date as possible. We illustrate that traditional methods for analysing survival have important limitations with regard to up-to-dateness of long-term cumulative survival estimates. We propose an alternative approach, denoted ''period analysis,'' that may be used to overcome or at least substantially reduce these limitations. The conceptual background and the computational realization of the new method are outlined and its application is illustrated by an analysis of long-term survival of patients with testicular cancer in Saarland, Germany. Copyright (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Inc.

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页码：211 / 216

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