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Bayesian Variable Selection with Joint Modeling of Categorical and Survival Outcomes: An Application to Individualizing Chemotherapy Treatment in Advanced Colorectal Cancer
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2009-12)
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States, with more than 130,000 new cases of colorectal cancer diagnosed each year. Clinical studies have shown that genetic alterations ...
Two-Level Proportional Hazards Models
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2002-12)
We extend the proportional hazards model to a two-level model with a random intercept term and random coefficients. The parameters in the multilevel model are estimated by a combination of EM and Newton-Raphson algorithms. ...
An Extended General Location Model for Causal Inferences from Data Subject to Noncompliance and Missing Values
(Blackwell Publishing, 2004-09)
Noncompliance is a common problem in experiments involving randomized assignment of treatments, and standard analyses based on intention-to-treat or treatment received have limitations. An attractive alternative is to ...