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Microsoft Excel Program for creating attractive survival curves

M Sakamoto1, K Akazawa, T Kamakura

  • 1Department of Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Journal of Medical Systems
|October 1, 1994
PubMed
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This program simplifies creating high-quality survival curves for medical research. It aids in visualizing censored data and generating publication-ready graphs for survival analysis.

Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Medical Informatics

Background:

  • Survival analysis is crucial in medical research for understanding patient outcomes.
  • Generating high-quality, publication-ready survival curves can be challenging.
  • Visualizing censored data effectively is important for accurate interpretation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a Microsoft Excel program for interactive creation of survival curves.
  • To provide medical researchers with a tool for generating presentation-quality graphs.
  • To enhance the visualization of censored data points within survival curves.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a Microsoft Excel-based program.
  • Interactive design for creating survival curves.
  • Incorporation of vertical bars to indicate censored cases.

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  • Capability to generate curves based on the proportional hazards model.

    • Main Results:

    • The program facilitates the creation of attractive and outstanding survival curves.
    • It enables easy generation of high-quality slides and prints for publications and meetings.
    • Accurate display of censored case points allows for monitoring censoring patterns.
    • Generation of survival curves using the proportional hazards model is supported.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed Excel program is a useful tool for medical researchers.
    • It simplifies the process of survival analysis reporting.
    • Enhances the quality and interpretability of survival curves in medical research papers.