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4. Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research

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This article is published in Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series A-statistics in Society.The article was published on 1995-01-01. It has received 1092 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Medical research.

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Long-term mortality after a first episode of status epilepticus.

TL;DR: The long-term mortality rate was threefold that of the general population over the same time period and was worse for those with myoclonic SE, for those who presented with SE lasting more than 24 hours, and for Those with acute symptomatic SE.
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Pfmdr1 and in vivo resistance to artesunate-mefloquine in falciparum malaria on the cambodian–thai border

TL;DR: Artemisinin combination therapies have recently been adopted as first-line therapy for Plasmodium falciparum infections in most malaria-endemic countries and should be evaluated further as a surveillance tool for artesunate-mefloquine resistance in Cambodia.
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Survival after AIDS diagnosis in adolescents and adults during the treatment era, United States, 1984-1997.

TL;DR: While AIDS incidence is declining, improved survival times present a growing public health challenge as the number of persons living with chronic human immunodeficiency virus disease/AIDS increases.
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy and survival in HIV-infected injection drug users.

TL;DR: In this study population, injection drug use was not associated with decreased survival among HIV-infected patients initiating HAART, and the hazard ratio of mortality was similar between IDUs and non-IDUs.
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Mineral Metabolism, Mortality, and Morbidity in Maintenance Hemodialysis

TL;DR: Hyperphosphatemia and hyperparathyroidism were significantly associated with all-cause, cardiovascular, and fracture-related hospitalization, and the population attributable risk percentage for disorders of mineral metabolism was 17.5%, owing largely to the high prevalence of hyperph phosphatemia.
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Overall Survival and Updated Results for Sunitinib Compared With Interferon Alfa in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

TL;DR: Sunitinib demonstrates longer overall survival compared with IFN-alpha plus improvement in response and progression-free survival in the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic RCC, highlighting an improved prognosis in patients with RCC in the era of targeted therapy.
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Survival and Prognostic Stratification of 670 Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

TL;DR: Five prognostic factors for predicting survival were identified and used to categorize patients with metastatic RCC into three risk groups, for which the median survival times were separated by 6 months or more.