A multivariate model to measure the effect of treatments in survival to breast cancer

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 703-715

  Pérez Ocón, Rafael ^a   Ruiz Castro, Juan Eloy ^a   Gámiz Pérez, M Luz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Covariates; Markov process; Mathematica; Matlab; Maximum likelihood estimates; Survival function; Transition intensity

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; DISEASES; MATLAB; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

BREAST CANCER; CONTINOUS TIME; COVARIATES; MATHEMATICA; MATLAB; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; MULTIVARIATE MODELING; SURVIVAL CURVES; SURVIVAL FUNCTION; TRANSITION INTENSITY;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 0032347821     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(199810)40:6<703::AID-BIMJ703>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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