From cancer to transplantation: An evaluation of period analysis for calculating up-to-date long-term survival estimates

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 613-620

  Gondos, Adam ^a   Doehler, Bernd ^b   Opelz, Gerhard ^b   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

epidemiologic methods; organ transplantation; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH MONITORING; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956247383     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq160     Document Type: Article

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