Methods and biostatistics in oncology : understanding clinical research as an applied tool

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• 1 Brief History of the Scientific Method and Its Application in Oncology / Vinicius de Lima Vazquez ; Raphael L. C. Araújo = 1
• 2 Generating a Hypothesis for an Oncology Study / Beatriz Teixeira Costa ; Isadora Santos Ferreira ; Felipe Fregni = 9
• 3 Types of Variables and Distributions / Gregory R. Pond ; Samantha-Jo Caetano = 23
• 4 Testing Measures of Associations / Bruno S. Paolino ; Raphael L. C. Araújo ; David Bristol = 37
• 5 Sample Size Calculation in Oncology Studies / Rachel P. Riechelmann ; Raphael L. C. Araújo ; Benjamin Haaland = 51
• 6 Interpretation of Results from Tables, Graphs, and Regressions in Cancer Research / Raphael L. C. Araújo ; Rachel P. Riechelmann = 71
• 7 Survival Analysis / Benjamin Haaland ; Mina Georgieva = 93
• 8 The Role of Cross-Sectional and Cohort Studies in Oncology / André Lopes Carvalho ; Fabiana de Lima Vazquez ; Cleyton Zanardo de Oliveira = 125
• 9 Design of Retrospective and Case-Control Studies in Oncology / Katherine S. Panageas ; Debra A. Goldman ; T. Peter Kingham = 147
• 10 How to Design Phase I Trials in Oncology / Louise Carter ; Ciara O’Brien ; Emma Dean ; Natalie Cook = 165
• 11 The Many Different Designs of Phase II Trials in Oncology / Rachel P. Riechelmann ; Raphael L. C. Araújo ; Axel Hinke = 189
• 12 Superiority and Non-inferiority Phase III Oncology Trials / Everardo D. Saad = 203
• 13 Phase IV Trials: Interventional and Non-interventional Studies / Deise Uema ; Cheng Tzu Yen ; Axel Hinke ; Gilberto de Castro Jr. = 217
• 14 Identifying Bias in Clinical Cancer Research / Francisco Emilio Vera-Badillo ; Rachel P. Riechelmann = 227
• 15 Ethics in Clinical Cancer Research / Rodrigo Santa C. Guindalini ; Rachel P. Riechelmann ; Roberto Jun Arai = 241
• 16 Cost-Effectiveness Studies in Oncology / Pedro Aguiar Jr. ; Carmelia Maria Noia Barreto ; Brittany L. Bychkovsky ; Gilberto de Lima Lopes Jr. = 257
• 17 How to Undertake Outcomes Research in Oncology / Monika K. Krzyzanowska ; Melanie Powis = 267
• 18 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Oncology Studies / Allan A. Lima Pereira ; Andre Deeke Sasse = 287
• 19 Meta-Research in Oncology / Everardo D. Saad ; Rachel P. Riechelmann = 307
• 20 Analysis of Health-Related Quality of Life and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Oncology / Bellinda L. King-Kallimanis ; Roxanne E. Jensen ; Laura C. Pinheiro ; Diane L. Fairclough = 315
• Index = 343