Inverse probability of treatment-weighted competing risks analysis: an application on long-term risk of urinary adverse events after prostate cancer treatments

Inverse probability of treatment-weighted competing risks analysis: an application on long-term risk of urinary adverse events after prostate cancer treatments

Abstract Background To illustrate the 10-year risks of urinary adverse events (UAEs) among men diagnosed with prostate cancer and treated with different types of therapy, accounting for the competing risk of death. Methods Prostate cancer is the second most common malignancy among adult males in the...

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Main Authors: Charlotte A. Bolch, Haitao Chu, Stephanie Jarosek, Stephen R. Cole, Sean Elliott, Beth Virnig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Prostate cancer
Survival analysis
Competing risks
Inverse probability weighting
Confounding bias
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0367-8

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