Revising a prognostic index developed for classification purposes: An application to gastric cancer data

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 817-830

  Miceli, Rosalba ^a   Lusa, Lara ^a   Mariani, Luigi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Prognostic index; Survival analysis; Weibull model

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444235490     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0266476042000214510     Document Type: Article

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