Evaluation of alternative prognostic stratifications by prediction accuracy measures on individual survival with application to childhood leukaemia

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1432-1437

  De Lorenzo, Paola ^a   Antolini, Laura ^a   Valsecchi, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer outcome; Individual survival; Prediction accuracy; Prognostic stratifications

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249119713     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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