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Estimands and Missing Data

Estimating the Treatment Effect in a Subgroup Defined by an Early Post-Baseline Biomarker Measurement in Randomized Clinical Trials With Time-To-Event Endpoint

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Pages 19-28 | Received 15 Jun 2018, Accepted 21 Jan 2019, Published online: 08 May 2019

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