Reply to: Time-Varying Effects of Copy Number Alteration Clustering: Methodologic Concerns in Survival Analysis of

Milena Urbini1, Thomas F Eleveld1, Maurizio Polano1

  • 1Milena Urbini, PhD, Biosciences Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy; Thomas F. Eleveld, PhD, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Maurizio Polano, PhD, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), Aviano, Italy; Emanuela Scarpi, PhD, Unit of Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy; Cecilia Menna, MD, and Caterina Gianni, MD, Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy; Ferdinand W. Janssen, MSc, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Giuseppe Schepisi, MD, Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy; Giorgia Gurioli, PhD, Biosciences Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy; Lucia Kucerova, DSc, 2nd Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia; Ad J.M. Gillis, Ing, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Alessandra Virga, PhD, Biosciences Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy; Sara Bleve, MD, and Giovanni Rosti, MD, Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy, Department of Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Paola Ulivi, PhD, Biosciences Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy; Michal Mego, MD, DSc, 2nd Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia; Leendert H.J. Looijenga, PhD, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and Ugo De Giorgi, MD, PhD, Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Salento, Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy.

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