Parametric modeling of localized melanoma prognosis and outcome

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 732-747

  Ding, Shouluan ^a   Soong, Seng Jaw ^a   Lin, Hui Yi ^a   Desmond, Renee ^a   Balch, Charles M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated failure time models; Cox model; Generalized gamma distribution; Melanoma survival data; Mortality; Parametric models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED GAMMA MODEL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449629449     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400902964175     Document Type: Article

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