Partitioning of excess mortality in population-based cancer patient survival studies using flexible parametric survival models

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Eloranta, Sandra ^a   Lambert, Paul C ^a,b   Andersson, Therese M L ^a   Czene, Kamila ^a   Hall, Per ^a   Björkholm, Magnus ^c   Dickman, Paul W ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Competing risks; Regression models; Relative survival; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84862579222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-86     Document Type: Article

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