[R] Survival analysis and comparing survival curves

[Bert Gunter]

DEAR R-girl:

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:12 AM, R-girl <jhovinen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hei,
>
> I have a one simple question which does not seem to be that simple as I
> cannot find any solution/answer:
>
> Is it possible to compare multiple survival curves in R with
> survdiff-function when there is interaction term involved in predictor
> variables (and this interaction is significant)?

I have one simple answer. Get local statistical help. You do not
understand the meaning of an interaction.

-- Bert

>
> Example:
>
> survdiff(Surv(death,status)~treatment*gapsize)
>
> R is making "problems" with it ie.e. it does not want to perform the test.
> And all the examples I have found so far, may involve multiple predictor
> variables but in additive format (e.g. treatment+gapsize).
>
> If survdiff is not the way to go, are there any other solutions in order to
> compare statistically the curves i.e. if they differ significantly from each
> other?
>
> I would really appreciate if someone can answer!
>
> Cheers, Minna
>
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Bert Gunter
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