Modeling survival in colon cancer: A methodological review

Molecular Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ahmed, Farid E ^a   Vos, Paul W ^b   Holbert, Don ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER MODEL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIFE TABLES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847795630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14764598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-6-15     Document Type: Review

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