Survival analysis of patients with esophageal cancer using parametric cure model

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2359-2363

  Rasouli, Mahboube ^a   Ghadimi, Mahmood Reza ^a   Mahmoodi, Mahmood ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Zeraati, Hojjat ^a   Hosseini, Mostafa ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Iran; Long term survivor; Parametric cure model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866286094     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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