In this article a control percentile test, a chi-squared test, and a Kolmogorov-type test are proposed for comparing two distributions from incomplete survival data. These tests are obtained by ...

The study protocols were approved by the Institutional Review Board at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, and adhered to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consents ...

In this paper, parametric and empirical likelihood functions or surfaces are compared. In particular, first- and second-order expansions for log likelihood functions are developed in nonparametric and ...

Purpose The cerebrum is frequently malformed in children with myelomeningocoele. This anomaly renders them potentially susceptible to cerebral visual impairment. In these patients, hydrocephalus is an ...

Patients with prostate cancer were assessed before or within 21 days of starting ADT (n = 58) and 6 and 12 months later. Age- and education-matched patients with prostate cancer treated with ...