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  • Medical Informatics
  • Survival Analysis

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  • Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves are vital for assessing diagnostic test accuracy.
  • Dynamic ROC curves are extensions for time-dependent outcomes, but accurate estimation remains challenging.
  • Existing methods struggle with estimating the joint distribution of time-to-event and marker data, especially with censored observations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a novel bivariate kernel density estimator for time-dependent ROC curves.
  • To provide smooth and reliable estimators for cumulative/dynamic and incident/dynamic ROC curves.
  • To assess the performance of these estimators using simulations and real-world data.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a bivariate kernel density estimator designed to accommodate censored time-to-event data.
  • Estimated joint distributions of time-to-event and marker variables.
  • Performed Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate estimator performance.
  • Explored the impact of smoothing parameter selection on curve estimation.

Main Results:

  • The proposed bivariate kernel density estimator yields smooth and accurate time-dependent ROC curves.
  • The method demonstrates good performance in handling censored data for both cumulative/dynamic and incident/dynamic ROC analyses.
  • Simulation results confirm the robustness of the approach across various scenarios.
  • Real-world data applications illustrate the practical utility of the developed estimators.

Conclusions:

  • The bivariate kernel density estimator offers a robust solution for estimating time-dependent ROC curves with censored data.
  • This approach enhances the diagnostic capacity assessment of continuous biomarkers in survival analysis.
  • The study provides a valuable tool (R package) for researchers and clinicians working with time-to-event data.