Making relative survival analysis relatively easy

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1741-1749

  Pohar, Maja ^a   Stare, Janez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Population tables; R software; Regression; Relative survival

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

POPULATION TABLES; R SOFTWARE; RELATIVE SURVIVAL;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART INFARCTION; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL;

HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE TABLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35348887137     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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