Fraction of normal remaining life span: A new method for expressing survival in cancer

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7095, 1997, Pages 1682-1684

  Vaidya, Jayant S ^a   Mittra, Indraneel ^b  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CURVE FITTING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0030990722     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7095.1682     Document Type: Short Survey

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