arxivcs.LGstat.AP2026-07-11
Pitfalls of Administrative Censoring in Survival Models with Time-Indexed Inputs
Yanqi Xu, Hui Dai, Carlos Fernandez-Granda, Krzysztof J. Geras, Yiqiu Shen
Survival models can model time-to-event outcomes using partially observed data. They are widely used in clinical prediction, including cancer risk, disease progression, treatment response, and mortality. Recent models often rely on rich inputs collected at a specific clinical enc…