Statistical evaluation of mortality in long-term carcinogenicity bioassays using a Williams-type procedure

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Autoren

  • Esther Herberich
  • Ludwig A. Hothorn

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  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)26-34
Seitenumfang9
FachzeitschriftRegulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
Jahrgang64
Ausgabenummer1
Frühes Online-Datum27 Juni 2012
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Okt. 2012

Abstract

Several doses and a control group can be compared under order restriction using the Williams procedure for normally distributed endpoints assuming variance homogeneity. Comparison of the survival functions represents a secondary endpoint in long-term in vivo bioassays of carcinogenicity. Therefore, a Williams-type procedure for the comparison of survival functions is proposed for the assumption of the Cox proportional hazards model or the general frailty Cox model to allow a joint analysis over sex and strains. Interpretation according to both statistical significance and biological relevance is possible with simultaneous confidence intervals for hazard ratios. Related survival data can be analyzed using the R packages survival, coxme, and multcomp. Together with the R packages MCPAN and nparcomp, Dunnett- or Williams-type procedures are now available for the statistical analysis of the following endpoint types in toxicology: (i) normally distributed, (ii) non-normally distributed, (iii) score (ordered categorical) data, (iv) crude proportions, (v) survival functions, and (vi) time-to-tumor data with and without cause-of-death information.

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

  • Pharmakologie, Toxikologie und Pharmazie (insg.)
  • Toxikologie

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Statistical evaluation of mortality in long-term carcinogenicity bioassays using a Williams-type procedure. / Herberich, Esther; Hothorn, Ludwig A.
in: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, Jahrgang 64, Nr. 1, 10.2012, S. 26-34.

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Herberich E, Hothorn LA. Statistical evaluation of mortality in long-term carcinogenicity bioassays using a Williams-type procedure. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 2012 Okt;64(1):26-34. Epub 2012 Jun 27. doi: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2012.06.014
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