Non-parametric comparison of relative versus cause-specific survival in Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) programme breast cancer patients

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 339-352

  Gamel, J W ^a   Vogel, R L ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SURVIVAL RATE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK; SEER PROGRAM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034777951     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096228001680678331     Document Type: Article

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