Applying the realized probability of dying to cancer survival

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 879-884

  Blesch, Karen Smith ^a   Freels, Sally ^a   Furner, Sylvia ^a   Davis, Faith ^a   Miles, Toni P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Longevity; Methods; Realized probability of dying; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; REFERENCE VALUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0030221309     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00112-6     Document Type: Article

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