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Table 5 Performance indicators of Model(1) in presence of variation of α according to age at diagnosis

From: A new cure model that corrects for increased risk of non-cancer death: analysis of reliability and robustness, and application to real-life data

Scenario

bα

Range

AB

SD

CVR

α40

α75

α

π60

λ

γ

β

δ

α

π60

λ

γ

β

δ

α

π60

λ

γ

β

δ

BREASTa

−0.02

1.65

0.95

− 0.271

− 0.083

− 0.017

− 0.038

− 0.040

−0.043

0.102

0.059

0.011

0.043

0.251

0.175

24%

75%

59%

82%

88%

90%

−0.01

1.43

1.08

−0.129

− 0.037

− 0.008

− 0.017

0.070

− 0.104

0.098

0.047

0.011

0.045

0.210

0.163

72%

93%

85%

92%

89%

89%

−0.005

1.31

1.14

−0.065

− 0.020

− 0.004

− 0.008

0.109

− 0.129

0.095

0.042

0.011

0.045

0.192

0.155

90%

95%

92%

94%

86%

86%

0.001

1.18

1.21

0.012

0.000

0.001

0.004

0.001

−0.008

0.090

0.035

0.010

0.045

0.172

0.138

93%

93%

96%

95%

93%

94%

0.002

1.16

1.23

0.025

0.003

0.002

0.006

0.008

−0.013

0.089

0.034

0.010

0.045

0.169

0.137

93%

92%

96%

95%

94%

94%

0.005

1.09

1.26

0.061

0.011

0.004

0.011

0.028

−0.026

0.088

0.032

0.010

0.045

0.163

0.134

89%

89%

95%

95%

93%

94%

0.01

0.98

1.33

0.120

0.023

0.007

0.020

0.058

−0.047

0.085

0.029

0.010

0.046

0.152

0.130

72%

81%

92%

94%

92%

94%

LUNGb

−0.08

3.80

1.00

−0.501

0.000

−0.013

− 0.008

0.030

− 0.006

0.174

0.004

0.013

0.015

0.064

0.023

20%

95%

84%

91%

93%

94%

−0.04

2.90

1.50

−0.239

0.002

−0.011

− 0.004

0.017

− 0.001

0.192

0.004

0.014

0.015

0.065

0.023

75%

94%

87%

93%

94%

94%

−0.02

2.45

1.75

−0.118

0.002

−0.010

− 0.002

0.010

0.001

0.199

0.004

0.014

0.015

0.065

0.023

90%

93%

89%

94%

95%

95%

0.01

1.78

2.13

0.046

0.003

−0.009

0.000

0.000

0.004

0.208

0.004

0.014

0.015

0.065

0.023

97%

91%

89%

95%

95%

95%

0.02

1.55

2.25

0.098

0.003

−0.008

0.001

−0.004

0.005

0.209

0.004

0.014

0.015

0.065

0.023

95%

92%

90%

95%

95%

95%

0.04

1.10

2.50

0.194

0.003

−0.007

0.002

−0.012

0.007

0.218

0.004

0.014

0.015

0.066

0.023

88%

91%

91%

95%

94%

94%

0.05

0.88

2.63

0.238

0.003

−0.007

0.003

− 0.016

0.008

0.221

0.004

0.014

0.015

0.066

0.023

84%

90%

91%

94%

94%

93%

  1. Absolute Bias (AB) = Mean(estimates - true value); Standard Deviation (SD) = standard deviation over the set of 1000 estimates; Coverage (CVR) = the proportion of the time that the estimated 95% confidence intervals contained the true value
  2. Estimated over 1000 simulation runs; Sample size 10,000; follow-up 15 years
  3. aTrue values: α = 1.2, π60 = 0.7, λ = 0.1, γ = 1.1, β = − 0.15 and δ = 0
  4. bTrue values: α = 2, π60 = 0.1, λ = 0.9, γ = 0.8, β = − 0.75 and δ = − 0.3