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Table 3 C index and time-dependent area under the receiver operating characteristic curve

From: Predicting the survival of patients with painful tumours treated with palliative radiotherapy: a secondary analysis using the 3-variable number-of-risk-factors model

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Time-dependent AUROC

C index

(95% CI)

2 months

4 months

6 months

12 months

24 months

Bone metastases

0.689

(0.662–0.715)

Ā 

0.738

0.760

0.739

0.765

0.764

Miscellaneous painful tumours

0.625

(0.587–0.661)

Ā 

0.661

0.678

0.689

0.650

0.655

  1. CI = confidence interval, AUROC = area under the receiver operating characteristic curve