Estimating key parameters in periodic breast cancer screening-Application to the Canadian National Breast Screening Study data

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-433

  Chen, Yinlu ^a   Brock, Guy ^a   Wu, Dongfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age independent; Breast cancer screening; Lead time; MCMC simulation; Sensitivity; Sojourn time distribution; Transition probability

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77955088246     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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