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Sidz Dc Article April Twenty, Sidney Twentythree Sr., Ann Test Apr 2017

Sidz Dc Article April Twenty, Sidney Twentythree Sr., Ann Test

Ann Test

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A General Approach To Goodness Of Fit For U Processes, Debashis Ghosh, Youngjoo Cho Jan 2015

A General Approach To Goodness Of Fit For U Processes, Debashis Ghosh, Youngjoo Cho

Debashis Ghosh

Goodness of fit procedures are essential tools for assessing model adequacy in statistics. In this work, we present a general theory and approach to goodness of fit techniques based on U-processes for the accelerated failure time (AFT) model. Many of the examples will focus on U-statistics of order 2. While many authors have proposed goodness of fit tests for U-statistics of order one, less has been developed for higher order U-statistics. In this paper, we propose goodness of fit tests for U-statistics of order 2 by using theoretical results from Nolan and Pollard (1987) and Nolan and Pollard (1988). We …


Optimal Full Matching For Survival Outcomes: A Method That Merits More Widespread Use, Peter Austin, Elizabeth Stuart Dec 2014

Optimal Full Matching For Survival Outcomes: A Method That Merits More Widespread Use, Peter Austin, Elizabeth Stuart

Peter Austin

Matching on the propensity score is a commonly used analytic method for estimating the effects of treatments on outcomes. Commonly used propensity score matching methods include nearest neighbor matching and nearest neighbor caliper matching. Rosenbaum (1991) proposed an optimal full matching approach, in which matched strata are formed consisting of either one treated subject and at least one control subject or one control subject and at least one treated subject. Full matching has been used rarely in the applied literature. Furthermore, its performance for use with survival outcomes has not been rigorously evaluated. We propose a method to use full …


Long-Term Survival For Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure According To Ejection Fraction Findings, Andrew Coles, Kimberly Fisher, Chad Darling, Jorge Yarzebski, David Mcmanus, Joel Gore, Darleen Lessard, Robert Goldberg Sep 2014

Long-Term Survival For Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure According To Ejection Fraction Findings, Andrew Coles, Kimberly Fisher, Chad Darling, Jorge Yarzebski, David Mcmanus, Joel Gore, Darleen Lessard, Robert Goldberg

Jorge L. Yarzebski

Limited data exist about the long-term prognosis of patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) further stratified according to ejection fraction (EF) findings. The primary objective of this population-based observational study was to characterize and compare trends in long-term prognosis after an episode of ADHF across 3 EF strata. Hospital medical records were reviewed for 3,604 residents of the Worcester, Massachusetts, metropolitan area who were discharged after ADHF from all 11 medical centers in central Massachusetts during 1995, 2000, 2002, and 2004 and had EF measurements during their index hospitalizations. The average age of this population was 75 years, most …


A Comparative Analysis Of Decision Trees Vis-À-Vis Other Computational Data Mining Techniques In Automotive Insurance Fraud Detection, Adrian Gepp, Kuldeep Kumar, J Holton Wilson, Sukanto Bhattacharya Jul 2014

A Comparative Analysis Of Decision Trees Vis-À-Vis Other Computational Data Mining Techniques In Automotive Insurance Fraud Detection, Adrian Gepp, Kuldeep Kumar, J Holton Wilson, Sukanto Bhattacharya

Kuldeep Kumar

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Propensity Score Methods With Survival Or Time-To-Event Outcomes: Reporting Measures Of Effect Similar To Those Used In Randomized Experiments, Peter C. Austin Jan 2014

The Use Of Propensity Score Methods With Survival Or Time-To-Event Outcomes: Reporting Measures Of Effect Similar To Those Used In Randomized Experiments, Peter C. Austin

Peter Austin

Propensity score methods are increasingly being used to estimate causal treatment effects in observational studies. In medical and epidemiological studies, outcomes are frequently time-to-event in nature. Propensity-score methods are often applied incorrectly when estimating the effect of treatment on time-to-event outcomes. This article describes how two different propensity score methods (matching and inverse probability of treatment weighting) can be used to estimate the measures of effect that are frequently reported in randomized controlled trials: (i) marginal survival curves, which describe survival in the population if all subjects were treated or if all subjects were untreated; and (ii) marginal hazard ratios. …


The Performance Of Different Propensity Score Methods For Estimating Absolute Effects Of Treatments On Survival Outcomes: A Simulation Study, Peter C. Austin Jan 2014

The Performance Of Different Propensity Score Methods For Estimating Absolute Effects Of Treatments On Survival Outcomes: A Simulation Study, Peter C. Austin

Peter Austin

Observational studies are increasingly being used to estimate the effect of treatments, interventions and exposures on outcomes that can occur over time. Historically, the hazard ratio, which is a relative measure of effect, has been reported. However, medical decision making is best informed when both relative and absolute measures of effect are reported. When outcomes are time-to-event in nature, the effect of treatment can also be quantified as the change in mean or median survival time due to treatment and the absolute reduction in the probability of the occurrence of an event within a specified duration of follow-up. We describe …


Comparison Of Methods For Estimating The Effect Of Salvage Therapy In Prostate Cancer When Treatment Is Given By Indication., Jeremy Taylor, Jincheng Shen, Edward Kennedy, Lu Wang, Douglas Schaubel Dec 2013

Comparison Of Methods For Estimating The Effect Of Salvage Therapy In Prostate Cancer When Treatment Is Given By Indication., Jeremy Taylor, Jincheng Shen, Edward Kennedy, Lu Wang, Douglas Schaubel

Edward H. Kennedy

For patients who were previously treated for prostate cancer, salvage hormone therapy is frequently given when the longitudinal marker prostate-specific antigen begins to rise during follow-up. Because the treatment is given by indication, estimating the effect of the hormone therapy is challenging. In a previous paper we described two methods for estimating the treatment effect, called two-stage and sequential stratification. The two-stage method involved modeling the longitudinal and survival data. The sequential stratification method involves contrasts within matched sets of people, where each matched set includes people who did and did not receive hormone therapy. In this paper, we evaluate …


Integrative Analysis Of Prognosis Data On Multiple Cancer Subtypes, Shuangge Ma Dec 2012

Integrative Analysis Of Prognosis Data On Multiple Cancer Subtypes, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

In cancer research, profiling studies have been extensively conducted, searching for genes/SNPs associated with prognosis. Cancer is diverse. Examining similarity and difference in the genetic basis of multiple subtypes of the same cancer can lead to a better understanding of their connections and distinctions. Classic meta-analysis methods analyze each subtype separately and then compare analysis results across subtypes. Integrative analysis methods, in contrast, analyze the raw data on multiple subtypes simultaneously and can outperform meta-analysis methods. In this study, prognosis data on multiple subtypes of the same cancer are analyzed. An AFT (accelerated failure time) model is adopted to describe …


A Comparative Analysis Of Decision Trees Vis-À-Vis Other Computational Data Mining Techniques In Automotive Insurance Fraud Detection, Adrian Gepp, Kuldeep Kumar, J Holton Wilson, Sukanto Bhattacharya Dec 2011

A Comparative Analysis Of Decision Trees Vis-À-Vis Other Computational Data Mining Techniques In Automotive Insurance Fraud Detection, Adrian Gepp, Kuldeep Kumar, J Holton Wilson, Sukanto Bhattacharya

Adrian Gepp

No abstract provided.


Incorporating Network Structure In Integrative Analysis Of Cancer Prognosis Data, Shuangge Ma Dec 2011

Incorporating Network Structure In Integrative Analysis Of Cancer Prognosis Data, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

In high-throughput cancer genomic studies, markers identified from the analysis of single datasets may have unsatisfactory properties because of low sample sizes. Integrative analysis pools and analyzes raw data from multiple studies, and can effectively increase sample size and lead to improved marker identification results. In this study, we consider the integrative analysis of multiple high-throughput cancer prognosis studies. In the existing integrative analysis studies, the interplay among genes, which can be described using the network structure, has not been effectively accounted for. In network analysis, tightly-connected nodes (genes) are more likely to have related biological functions and similar regression …


Risk Factors Of Follicular Lymphoma, Shuangge Ma Dec 2011

Risk Factors Of Follicular Lymphoma, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Health Insurance Coverage And Impact: A Survey In Three Cities In China, Shuangge Ma Dec 2011

Health Insurance Coverage And Impact: A Survey In Three Cities In China, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Integrative Analysis Of Multiple Cancer Genomic Datasets Under The Heterogeneity Model, Shuangge Ma Dec 2011

Integrative Analysis Of Multiple Cancer Genomic Datasets Under The Heterogeneity Model, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Health Insurance Coverage, Medical Expenditure And Coping Strategy: Evidence From Taiwan, Shuangge Ma Dec 2011

Health Insurance Coverage, Medical Expenditure And Coping Strategy: Evidence From Taiwan, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Impact Of Illness And Medical Expenditure On Household Consumptions: A Survey In Western China, Shuangge Ma Dec 2011

Impact Of Illness And Medical Expenditure On Household Consumptions: A Survey In Western China, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Identification Of Gene-Environment Interactions In Cancer Prognosis Studies Using Penalization, Shuangge Ma Dec 2011

Identification Of Gene-Environment Interactions In Cancer Prognosis Studies Using Penalization, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

High-throughput cancer studies have been extensively conducted, searching for genetic risk factors independently associated with prognosis beyond clinical and environmental risk factors. Many studies have shown that the gene-environment interactions may have important implications. Some of the existing methods, such as the commonly adopted single-marker analysis, may be limited in that they cannot accommodate the joint effects of a large number of genetic markers or use ineffective marker identification techniques. In this study, we analyze cancer prognosis studies, and adopt the AFT (accelerated failure time) model to describe survival. A weighted least squares approach, which has the lowest computational cost, …


Clustering With Exclusion Zones: Genomic Applications, Mark Segal, Yuanyuan Xiao, Fred Huffer Dec 2010

Clustering With Exclusion Zones: Genomic Applications, Mark Segal, Yuanyuan Xiao, Fred Huffer

Mark R Segal

Methods for formally evaluating the clustering of events in space or time, notably the scan statistic, have been richly developed and widely applied. In order to utilize the scan statistic and related approaches, it is necessary to know the extent of the spatial or temporal domains wherein the events arise. Implicit in their usage is that these domains have no “holes”—hereafter “exclusion zones”—regions in which events a priori cannot occur. However, in many contexts, this requirement is not met. When the exclusion zones are known, it is straightforward to correct the scan statistic for their occurrence by simply adjusting the …


The Effect Of Salvage Therapy On Survival In A Longitudinal Study With Treatment By Indication, Edward Kennedy, Jeremy Taylor, Douglas Schaubel, Scott Williams Dec 2009

The Effect Of Salvage Therapy On Survival In A Longitudinal Study With Treatment By Indication, Edward Kennedy, Jeremy Taylor, Douglas Schaubel, Scott Williams

Edward H. Kennedy

We consider using observational data to estimate the effect of a treatment on disease recurrence, when the decision to initiate treatment is based on longitudinal factors associated with the risk of recurrence. The effect of salvage androgen deprivation therapy (SADT) on the risk of recurrence of prostate cancer is inadequately described by the existing literature. Furthermore, standard Cox regression yields biased estimates of the effect of SADT, since it is necessary to adjust for prostate-specific antigen (PSA), which is a time-dependent confounder and an intermediate variable. In this paper, we describe and compare two methods which appropriately adjust for PSA …


Integrative Analysis Of Cancer Genomic Data, Shuangge Ma Sep 2009

Integrative Analysis Of Cancer Genomic Data, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

In the past decade, we have witnessed a period of unparallel development in the field of cancer genomics. To address the same or similar biomedical questions, multiple cancer genomic studies have been independently designed and conducted. Cancer gene signatures identified from analysis of individual datasets often have low reproducibility. A cost-effective way of improving reproducibility is to conduct integrative analysis of datasets from multiple studies with comparable designs. To properly integrate multiple studies and conduct integrative analysis, we need to access various public data warehouses, retrieve experiment protocols and raw data, evaluate individual studies and select those with comparable designs, …


Identification Of Cancer-Associated Gene Pathways From Analysis Of Expression Data, Shuangge Ma Aug 2009

Identification Of Cancer-Associated Gene Pathways From Analysis Of Expression Data, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Lecture 5, Shuangge Ma Jun 2009

Lecture 5, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Final Project, Shuangge Ma Jun 2009

Final Project, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Lecture 4, Shuangge Ma Jun 2009

Lecture 4, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Lecture 4, Shuangge Ma Jun 2009

Lecture 4, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Computer Intensive Methods Lecture 13, Shuangge Ma Jun 2009

Computer Intensive Methods Lecture 13, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Final Project (Description), Shuangge Ma Jun 2009

Final Project (Description), Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Final Project (Data), Shuangge Ma Jun 2009

Final Project (Data), Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Lecture 3, Shuangge Ma Jun 2009

Lecture 3, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.


Lecture 2, Shuangge Ma Jun 2009

Lecture 2, Shuangge Ma

Shuangge Ma

No abstract provided.