Vertical modeling: analysis of competing risks data with a cure fraction

DOI10.1007/S10985-018-9417-8zbMATH Open1429.62579arXiv1508.03821OpenAlexW2963153463WikidataQ47553802 ScholiaQ47553802MaRDI QIDQ2274658FDOQ2274658

Authors: Mioara Alina Nicolaie, Catherine Legrand, Jeremy M. G. Taylor 

Publication date: 1 October 2019

Published in: Lifetime Data Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we extend the vertical modeling approach for the analysis of survival data with competing risks to incorporate a cured fraction in the population, that is, a proportion of the population for which none of the competing events can occur. The proposed method has three components: the proportion of cure, the risk of failure, irrespective of the cause, and the relative risk of a certain cause of failure, given a failure occurred. Covariates may affect each of these components. An appealing aspect of the method is that it is a natural extension to competing risks of the semi-parametric mixture cure model in ordinary survival analysis; thus, causes of failure are assigned only if a failure occurs. This contrasts with the existing mixture cure model for competing risks of Larson and Dinse, which conditions at the onset on the future status presumably attained. Regression parameter estimates are obtained using an EM-algorithm. The performance of the estimators is evaluated in a simulation study. The method is illustrated using a melanoma cancer data set.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.03821

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zbMATH Keywords

competing risksmixture cure modelcumulative incidences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reliability and life testing (62N05) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

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