Survival analysis: Caveats and pitfalls

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-329

  Mathew, A ^a   Pandey, M ^a   Murthy, N S ^b  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Actuarial method; Cox's model; Kaplan Meier method; Median survival time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033152465     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejso.1998.0650     Document Type: Article

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