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題名 Mixture regression models for the gap time distributions and illness-death processes
作者 黃佳慧
Huang, C.-H.
貢獻者 統計系
關鍵詞 Copula; Dependent censoring; Gap event time; Illness–death model; Semiparametric transformation
日期 2019-01
上傳時間 13-Aug-2019 09:17:37 (UTC+8)
摘要 The aim of this study is to provide an analysis of gap event times under the illness-death model, where some subjects experience "illness" before "death" and others experience only "death." Which event is more likely to occur first and how the duration of the "illness" influences the "death" event are of interest. Because the occurrence of the second event is subject to dependent censoring, it can lead to bias in the estimation of model parameters. In this work, we generalize the semiparametric mixture models for competing risks data to accommodate the subsequent event and use a copula function to model the dependent structure between the successive events. Under the proposed method, the survival function of the censoring time does not need to be estimated when developing the inference procedure. We incorporate the cause-specific hazard functions with the counting process approach and derive a consistent estimation using the nonparametric maximum likelihood method. Simulations are conducted to demonstrate the performance of the proposed analysis, and its application in a clinical study on chronic myeloid leukemia is reported to illustrate its utility.
關聯 Lifetime Data Analysis, Vol.25, pp.168-188
資料類型 article
dc.contributor 統計系
dc.creator (作者) 黃佳慧
dc.creator (作者) Huang, C.-H.
dc.date (日期) 2019-01
dc.date.accessioned 13-Aug-2019 09:17:37 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 13-Aug-2019 09:17:37 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 13-Aug-2019 09:17:37 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/125119-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) The aim of this study is to provide an analysis of gap event times under the illness-death model, where some subjects experience "illness" before "death" and others experience only "death." Which event is more likely to occur first and how the duration of the "illness" influences the "death" event are of interest. Because the occurrence of the second event is subject to dependent censoring, it can lead to bias in the estimation of model parameters. In this work, we generalize the semiparametric mixture models for competing risks data to accommodate the subsequent event and use a copula function to model the dependent structure between the successive events. Under the proposed method, the survival function of the censoring time does not need to be estimated when developing the inference procedure. We incorporate the cause-specific hazard functions with the counting process approach and derive a consistent estimation using the nonparametric maximum likelihood method. Simulations are conducted to demonstrate the performance of the proposed analysis, and its application in a clinical study on chronic myeloid leukemia is reported to illustrate its utility.
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dc.relation (關聯) Lifetime Data Analysis, Vol.25, pp.168-188
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Copula; Dependent censoring; Gap event time; Illness–death model; Semiparametric transformation
dc.title (題名) Mixture regression models for the gap time distributions and illness-death processes
dc.type (資料類型) article