Survival Analysis
Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations
- Author: Kaplan, EL and Meier, P
- Publication data: 1958, Journal of the American Statistical Association, volume 53, pages 457-481. JSTOR 2281868
- Description: First description of the now ubiquitous Kaplan-Meier estimator of survival functions from data with censored observations
- Importance: Breakthrough, Influence
A generalized Wilcoxon test for comparing arbitrarily singly-censored samples
- Author: Gehan, EA
- Publication data: 1965, Biometrika, volume 52, pages 203-223. doi:10.1093/biomet/52.1-2.203
- Description: First presentation of the extension of the Wilcoxon rank-sum test to censored data
- Importance: Influence
Evaluation of survival data and two new rank order statistics arising in its consideration
- Author: Mantel, N
- Publication data: 1966, Cancer Chemotherapy Reports, volume 50, pages 163-170. PubMed
- Description: Development of the logrank test for censored survival data.
- Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence
Regression Models and Life Tables
- Author: Cox, DR
- Publication data: 1972, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, volume 34, pages 187-220. JSTOR 2985181
- Description: Seminal paper introducing semi-parametric proportional hazards models (Cox models) for survival data
- Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence
The Statistical Analysis of Failure Time Data
- Author: Kalbfleisch, JD and Prentice, RL
- Publication data: 1980, John Wiley & Sons, New York
- Description: First comprehensive text covering the methods of estimation and inference for time to event analyses
- Importance: Influence
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