A non-linear optimisation method to extract summary statistics from Kaplan-Meier survival plots using the published P value

A non-linear optimisation method to extract summary statistics from Kaplan-Meier survival plots using the published P value

Abstract Background Meta-analyses of studies evaluating survival (time-to-event) outcomes are a powerful technique to assess the strength of evidence for a given disease or treatment. However, these studies rely on the adequate reporting of summary statistics in the source articles to facilitate fur...

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Main Authors: Andrew F. Irvine, Sara Waise, Edward W. Green, Beth Stuart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Survival analysis
Kaplan-Meier plot
Meta-analysis
Algorithm
Life table
Non-linear optimisation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-01092-x

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