Published July 1, 2026 | Version v1
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BD4QoL-Competing-Risks-Analysis: Competing Risks Analysis of QoL Outcomes

Description

Analysis code accompanying the paper "Competing Risks Modeling of Longitudinal Quality of Life Deterioration and Recovery in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors"

This release provides the complete R pipeline that models longitudinal EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-HN43 outcomes in head-and-neck cancer survivors as a competing-risks process, treating clinically meaningful deterioration and recovery as competing events. It fits Fine–Gray sub-distribution hazard models on baseline clinical covariates, evaluates discrimination via concordance (in-sample and cross-validated), and tests deterioration vs recovery cumulative incidence differences with a permutation test.

Data are not included (restricted-access BD4QoL trial data); see the README for the expected input format and data-availability terms.

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miguelfrndz/BD4QoL-Competing-Risks-Analysis-v1.zip

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Additional details

Related works

Is supplement to
Software: https://github.com/miguelfrndz/BD4QoL-Competing-Risks-Analysis/tree/v1 (URL)

Funding

European Commission
BD4QoL - Big Data Models and Intelligent tools for Quality of Life monitoring and participatory empowerment of head and neck cancer survivors 875192

Software

Repository URL
https://github.com/miguelfrndz/BD4QoL-Competing-Risks-Analysis