Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis: Practical Insights for Clinicians
This article aims to provide a guide that will help healthcare professionals and clinical researchers from all fields that deal with Kaplan-Meier curves. Survival analysis methods are among the most frequently used in the medical sciences and in clinical research. Overall survival, progression free...
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| author | António Pedro Gomes Bruna Costa Rita Marques Vitor Nunes Constança Coelho |
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This article aims to provide a guide that will help healthcare professionals and clinical researchers from all fields that deal with Kaplan-Meier curves. Survival analysis methods are among the most frequently used in the medical sciences and in clinical research. Overall survival, progression free survival, time to recurrence, or any other clinically relevant parameter represented by a Kaplan-Meier curve will be discussed. We will present a practical and straightforward interpretation of these curves, setting aside intricate mathematical considerations. Our focus will be on essential concepts that interface with biological sciences and medicine in order to guarantee proficiency in one of the most popular yet frequently misunderstood methods in clinical research. Being familiar with these concepts is not only essential for designing new clinical studies but also for critically assessing and interpreting published data.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b47f8d75fd04d748654af1bfe81e79b2024-04-01T14:38:04ZengOrdem dos MédicosActa Médica Portuguesa0870-399X1646-07582024-04-0137410.20344/amp.21080Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis: Practical Insights for CliniciansAntónio Pedro Gomes0Bruna Costa1Rita Marques2Vitor Nunes3Constança Coelho4Surgery Department. Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira. Vila Franca de Xira.Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Lisbon.Surgery Department. Unidade de Caldas da Rainha. Centro Hospitalar do Oeste. Caldas da Rainha.Surgery Department. Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira. Vila Franca de Xira.Genetics Laboratory. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisbon. This article aims to provide a guide that will help healthcare professionals and clinical researchers from all fields that deal with Kaplan-Meier curves. Survival analysis methods are among the most frequently used in the medical sciences and in clinical research. Overall survival, progression free survival, time to recurrence, or any other clinically relevant parameter represented by a Kaplan-Meier curve will be discussed. We will present a practical and straightforward interpretation of these curves, setting aside intricate mathematical considerations. Our focus will be on essential concepts that interface with biological sciences and medicine in order to guarantee proficiency in one of the most popular yet frequently misunderstood methods in clinical research. Being familiar with these concepts is not only essential for designing new clinical studies but also for critically assessing and interpreting published data. https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/21080Kaplan-Meier EstimateSurvival Analysis |
| spellingShingle | António Pedro Gomes Bruna Costa Rita Marques Vitor Nunes Constança Coelho Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis: Practical Insights for Clinicians Acta Médica Portuguesa Kaplan-Meier Estimate Survival Analysis |
| title | Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis: Practical Insights for Clinicians |
| title_full | Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis: Practical Insights for Clinicians |
| title_fullStr | Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis: Practical Insights for Clinicians |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis: Practical Insights for Clinicians |
| title_short | Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis: Practical Insights for Clinicians |
| title_sort | kaplan meier survival analysis practical insights for clinicians |
| topic | Kaplan-Meier Estimate Survival Analysis |
| url | https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/21080 |
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