An Application of the Cox-Aalen Model for Breast Cancer Survival
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https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v35i1.350Abstract
Semiparametric hazard function regression models are among the well studied risk models in survival analysis. The Cox proportional hazards model has been a popular choice in modelling data from epidemiological settings. The Cox-Aalen model is one of the tools for handling the problem of non-proportional effects in the Cox model. We show an application on Piedmont cancer registry data. We initially fit standard Cox model and with the help of the score process we detect the violation of the proportionality assumption. Covariates and risk factors that, on the basis of clinical reasoning, best model baseline hazard are then moved into the additive part of the Cox-Aalen model. Multiplicative effects results are consistent with those of the Cox model whereas only the Cox-Aalen model fully represents the timevarying effect of tumour size.
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