A generalized F mixture model for cure rate estimation

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 813-830

  Peng, Yingwei ^a   Dear, Keith B G ^a   Denham, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032580317     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980430)17:8<813::aid-sim775>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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