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ArticleComputational statistics2025

Likelihood Inference for Unified Transformation Cure Model with Interval Censored Data.

Jodi Treszoks, Suvra Pal

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Article in Computational statistics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Modeling Cure from Cancer Accounting for Inevitable Mortality.Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C, Applied statistics · 2026
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  5. Machine Learning Approach for Analyzing Mixed Case Interval Censored Data with a Cured Subgroup.Advances in statistical analysis : AStA : a journal of the German Statistical Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Jodi TreszoksDepartment of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington, 411 S. Nedderman Drive, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA.
Suvra PalDepartment of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington, 411 S. Nedderman Drive, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA.

Funding

Using Machine Learning to Improve the Predictive Accuracy of Disease CureR15GM150091 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON · PI PAL, SUVRA · 2023 to 2023
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NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM150091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, we extend the unified class of Box-Cox transformation (BCT) cure rate models to accommodate interval-censored data. The probability of cure is modeled using a general covariate structure, whereas the survival distribution of the uncured is modeled through a proportional hazards structure. We develop likelihood inference based on the expectation maximization (EM) algorithm for the BCT cure model. Within the EM framework, both simultaneous maximization and profile likelihood are addressed with respect to estimating the BCT transformation parameter. Through Monte Carlo simulations, we demonstrate the performance of the proposed estimation method through calculated bias, root mean square error, and coverage probability of the asymptotic confidence interval. Also considered is the efficacy of the proposed EM algorithm as compared to direct maximization of the observed log-likelihood function. Finally, data from a smoking cessation study is analyzed for illustrative purpose.

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EM AlgorithmInterval CensoringProfile LikelihoodProportional HazardsSmoking Cessation

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PMID40012557
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