title: A two-sample test sensitive to crossing hazards in uncensored and singly censored data.
abstract: Savage score statistics are employed to develop a test for comparing survival distributions with right-hand singly censored data. The procedure is motivated by the interest in developing a powerful method for determining differences when true survival distributions cross. Examination of small-sample characteristics under the null hypothesis indicate that asymptotic critical values yield a slightly conservative test. Power of the test compares favorably with other criteria, including the modified Smirnov procedure, particularly if there is a single crossing of the survival curves.
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001699:Biometry; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics