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In competing risks setup, the data for each subject consist of the event time, censoring indicator, and event category. However, sometimes the information about the event category can be missing, as, for example, in a case when the date of death is known but the cause of death is not available. In such situations, treating subjects with missing event category as censored leads to the underestimation...
Dysphagia is a primary cause of death among patients diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a procedure to insert a tube into the stomach to assist or replace oral feeding. It is believed that PEG is beneficial and, generally, earlier insertion is preferable to later. However, gathering clinical evidence to support these beliefs on the...
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