When do I know I am cured? Using conditional estimates to provide better information about cancer survival prospects

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-77

  Baade, Peter D ^a   Youlden, Danny R ^b   Chambers, Suzanne K ^c  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONDITIONAL RELATIVE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 79951933979     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04171.x     Document Type: Article

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