Search for dissertations about: "competing risk"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the words competing risk.

  2. 1. Some Statistical Aspects of Cancer Risk Estimation

    Author : Johan Eklund; Lennart Bondesson; Yuri Belyaev; Tom Britton; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Cancer risk; competing risk model; prediction; familial cancer; hierarchic model; method of moments; maximum likelihood; MCMC;

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  4. 2. On Risk Prediction

    Author : Carl Lönnbark; Kurt Brännäs; Stefan Mittnik; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Finance; Time series; GARCH; Estimation error; Asymmetry; Supply and demand; Econometrics; Ekonometri; ekonometri; Econometrics;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises four papers concerning risk prediction. Paper [I] suggests a nonlinear and multivariate time series model framework that enables the study of simultaneity in returns and in volatilities, as well as asymmetric effects arising from shocks. READ MORE

  5. 3. Diabetes mellitus and risk of prostate cancer - A focus on shared risk factors and survivor bias

    Author : Isabel Drake; Nutritionsepidemiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; carbohydrates; cohort; competing risk; diabetes mellitus; diet; epidemiology; fiber; gene; gene-environment; lifestyle; prostate cancer; survivor bias; transcription factor 7-like 2; whole-grain; alkylresorcinol metabolites;

    Abstract : Prostate cancer (PCa) is a heterogenous disease including very aggressive lethal tumors to incidentally discovered clinically insignificant tumors. Age, ethnicity, and family history are the only established risk factors. READ MORE

  6. 4. Metabolic factors and risk of prostate, kidney, and bladder cancer

    Author : Christel Häggström; Pär Stattin; Håkan Jonsson; Tanja Stocks; Bas Bueno de Mesquita; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cohort study; competing risk; epidemiology; metabolic factors; prostate cancer; kidney cancer; bladder cancer; renal cell carcinoma; survival analysis; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; Urology; kirurgi; särskilt urologi; onkologi; Oncology;

    Abstract : Background: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Sweden with around 10,000 new cases every year. Kidney and bladder cancer are less common with 1,000 and 2,000 new cases annually, respectively. READ MORE

  7. 5. Prostate Cancer; Metabolic Risk Factors, Drug Utilisation, Adverse Drug Reactions

    Author : Birgitta Grundmark; Lars Holmberg; Björn Zethelius; Gunnar Engström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Prostate cancer; Epidemiology; Pharmacoepidemiology; Metabolic Syndrome; Selenium; Smoking; hOGG1; MnSOD; Competing Risk; Adherence; Persistance; Medical Possession Ratio; MPR; Signal Detection; PRR; proportional reporting ratio; ULSAM; PcBaSE; EudraVigilance; SPDR; Swedish Prescribe Drug Registry; NPCR; National Prostate Cancer Registry; SDR; Signal; disproportionality analysis; PRR-TA; EudraVigilance; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; Kirurgi; särskilt urologi; Urology; Oncology; Onkologi; Geriatrics; Geriatrik;

    Abstract : Increased possibilities during the last decades for early detection of prostate cancer have sparked research on preventable or treatable risk factors and on improvements in therapy. Treatments of the disease still entail significant side effects potentially affecting men during the rest of their lives. READ MORE