Nomograms in oncology: More than meets the eye

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e173-e180

  Balachandran, Vinod P ^a   Gonen, Mithat ^a   Smith, J Joshua ^a   DeMatteo, Ronald P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; NOMOGRAM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NOMOGRAMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84934271702     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)71116-7     Document Type: Review

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