Spline-based estimation of cure rates: An application to the analysis of breast cancer data

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 217-228

  Myasnikova, E M ^a,b   Asselain, B ^a   Yakovlev, A Y ^c  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cure models; Estimation; Hazard function; Spline approximation; Survival data

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142296426     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(00)00130-8     Document Type: Article

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