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  • Statistics
  • Biostatistics
  • Survival Analysis

Background:

  • Informative censoring poses a challenge in survival studies, potentially biasing results.
  • Existing models may lack flexibility or struggle with inferential tasks for mixture models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a joint model for time-to-event and time-to-censoring data.
  • To develop a Bayesian formulation with a semi-parametric proportional hazard function.
  • To evaluate the performance of a mixture model with an unknown number of components.

Main Methods:

  • A joint model incorporating a latent factor in hazard functions for identifiability.
  • A fully Bayesian approach using a semi-parametric proportional hazard function.
  • Hamiltonian Monte Carlo methods implemented in Stan for posterior distribution estimation.

Main Results:

  • The proposed joint model demonstrated a better fit for the ACTG175 clinical trial data.
  • Simulation studies confirmed the model's performance.
  • Ignoring informative censoring led to substantial biases when compared to the proposed method.

Conclusions:

  • The developed joint model effectively handles informative censoring in survival data.
  • The Bayesian approach with latent variables provides a flexible and robust inferential framework.
  • Accurate modeling of informative censoring is crucial for reliable survival analysis outcomes.