Time-to-event endpoints such as overall survival, metastasis-free survival, and ocular survival are commonly of interest in clinical ophthalmic oncology research studies. With time-to-event endpoints, subjects are considered censored if they were not observed to have the event during the study period. This type of endpoint shares the important feature of consisting of two main parts: the time until the event or censoring and whether the event occurred during the study period. As such, they require specialized statistical techniques known as survival analysis, including the Kaplan–Meier method and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. This chapter will introduce readers to the reasons why special statistical methods are needed for time-to-event endpoints and will describe the basic approaches to the analysis and reporting of survival data.

错误:搜索内容不能为空,请输入英文关键词
错误:关键词超出字数限制,请精简
高级检索

Cancer Survival: Analysis and Reporting

  • Emily C. Zabor

摘要

Time-to-event endpoints such as overall survival, metastasis-free survival, and ocular survival are commonly of interest in clinical ophthalmic oncology research studies. With time-to-event endpoints, subjects are considered censored if they were not observed to have the event during the study period. This type of endpoint shares the important feature of consisting of two main parts: the time until the event or censoring and whether the event occurred during the study period. As such, they require specialized statistical techniques known as survival analysis, including the Kaplan–Meier method and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. This chapter will introduce readers to the reasons why special statistical methods are needed for time-to-event endpoints and will describe the basic approaches to the analysis and reporting of survival data.