A minimum version of log-rank test for testing the existence of cancer cure using relative survival data

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-60

  Yu, Binbing ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Log rank test; Relative survival; SEER Program; Test of noninferiority

Indexed keywords

CURING; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; SOFTWARE TESTING;

CANCER PATIENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LOG-RANK TEST; NON-INFERIORITY; PATIENT SURVIVALS; RANK TEST; RELATIVE SURVIVAL; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL DATA; TEST OF NONINFERIORITY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84855510229     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201100069     Document Type: Article

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