[R-meta] Meta-Analysis: Proportion in overall survival rate
Dear List,
From time to event data, it's common to calculate a combined HR for
instance from included studies - this I understand. Does it make sense to perform a meta-analysis of the proportion (%) one gets from overall time survival e.g. Overall 5y survival? imagine a scenario where different studies are reporting different proportions of patients surviving at this time point and I want to report a summary proportion from all the studies at this time point. If this is possible, does just collecting the proportion at that time point e.g. 5 year suffice as the data to use for this calculation? Or what would you suggest? Haven't seen a package that just takes a proportion. Sincerely, nelly