Competing Risks and Their Impact on Treatment Efficacy Assessment in Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases: A Retrospective Study

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-779443
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.77944

Gruber, Isabella

; Koelbl, Oliver

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Abstract

Background and Aims The Kaplan-Meier (KM) method and competing risk analysis are two statistical approaches for analyzing time-to-event data. These methods differ in their treatment of competing events, such as deaths occurring before the event of interest, which can impact the interpretation of treatment efficacy in oncology. Methods This retrospective study included 73 patients who ...