Meta-analysis of survival data is becoming more and more popular. The data could be extracted from the original literature, such as hazard ratio (HR) and its 95% confidence interval, the difference of actual frequency and theoretical frequency (O - E) and its standard deviation. The data can be used to calculate the combined HR using Review Manager (RevMan), Stata and R softwares. RevMan software is easy to learn, but there are some limitations. Stata and R software are powerful and flexible, and they are able to draw a variety of graphics, however, they need to be programmed to achieve.
Citation： CHENXin-lin, HUYue, LANGJian-ying, CHENLi-xia, XUQian, MOChuan-wei, WUZhe-li. The Application of RevMan, Stata and R Software for Meta-analysis of Survival Data. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(6): 736-740. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160113 Copy