Joint Modelling of Longitudinal Quality of Life Measurements and Survival Data in Cancer Clinical Trials

In cancer clinical trials, longitudinal Quality of Life (QoL) measurements on a patient may be analyzed by classical linear mixed models but some patients may drop out of study due to recurrence or death, which causes problems in the application of classical methods. Joint modelling of longitudinal...

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Main Author: Song, Hui
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7759