A new approach for joint modelling of longitudinal measurements and survival times with a cure fraction

被引:10
作者
Song, Hui [2 ]
Peng, Yingwei [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Tu, Dongsheng [1 ,2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Queens Univ, Dept Community Hlth & Epidemiol, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
[2] Queens Univ, Dept Math & Stat, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
[3] Queens Canc Res Inst, Div Canc Care & Epidemiol, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
[4] Queens Canc Res Inst, NCIC Clin Trials Grp, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS-REVUE CANADIENNE DE STATISTIQUE | 2012年 / 40卷 / 02期
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Breast cancer; censored time; efficiency; EM algorithm; linear mixed $tt$ model; promotion time cure model; quality of life; MIXED-EFFECTS MODELS; GAMMA-FRAILTY MODEL; MIXTURE-MODELS; T-DISTRIBUTION; EM ALGORITHM; CANCER;
D O I
10.1002/cjs.11127
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
The joint analysis of longitudinal measurements and survival data is useful in clinical trials and other medical studies. In this paper, we consider a joint model which assumes a linear mixed tt model for longitudinal measurements and a promotion time cure model for survival data and links these two models through a latent variable. A semiparametric inference procedure with an EM algorithm implementation is developed for the parameters in the joint model. The proposed procedure is evaluated in a simulation study and applied to analyze the quality of life and time to recurrence data from a clinical trial on women with early breast cancer. The Canadian Journal of Statistics 40: 207224; 2012 (c) 2012 Statistical Society of Canada
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页码:207 / 224
页数:18
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