Bayesian method for modeling male breast cancer survival data

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 663-669

  Khan, Hafiz Mohammad Rafiqullah ^a   Saxena, Anshul ^a   Rana, Sagar ^a   Ahmed, Nasar Uddin ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Breast cancer survival data; Exponentiated exponential; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84894657218     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.2.663     Document Type: Article

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