Estimating and modelling cure in population-based cancer studies within the framework of flexible parametric survival models
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>When the mortality among a cancer patient group returns to the same level as in the general population, that is, the patients no longer experience excess mortality, the patients still alive are considered "statistically cured&qu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/11/96 |