Avoidance of premature death: A new definition for the proportion cured

Journal of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 165-171

  Sasieni, Peter D ^a   Adams, J ^a   Cuzick, J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Demography; Hazard rates; Relative survival; Survival rates; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; POPULATION; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038150609     PISSN: 14766647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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