Relative risk trees for censored survival data

Biometrics. 1992 Jun;48(2):411-25.

Abstract

A method is developed for obtaining tree-structured relative risk estimates for censored survival data. The first step of a full likelihood estimation procedure is used in a recursive partitioning algorithm that adopts most aspects of the widely used Classification and Regression Tree (CART) algorithm of Breiman et al. (1984, Classification and Regression Trees, Belmont, California: Wadsworth). The performance of the technique is investigated through stimulation and compared to the tree-structured survival methods proposed by Davis and Anderson (1989, Statistics in Medicine 8, 947-961) and Therneau, Grambsch, and Fleming (1990, Biometrika 77, 147-160).

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Algorithms
  • Humans
  • Mathematics
  • Multiple Myeloma / mortality
  • Multiple Myeloma / therapy*
  • Prognosis
  • Regression Analysis
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors