2 papers
stat.ME2026
Interpreting Net Survival: What We Estimate Versus What We Think We Estimate
Matthew J. Smith
Net survival is conventionally defined as ``survival if cancer were the only possible cause of death'', an estimand corresponding to cancer-specific mortality alone. The Pohar Perm…
stat.ME2024
Performance of Cross-Validated Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Matthew J. Smith, Rachael V. Phillips, Camille Maringe +1
Background: Advanced methods for causal inference, such as targeted maximum likelihood estimation (TMLE), require certain conditions for statistical inference. However, in situatio…