Direct modelling of age standardized marginal relative survival through incorporation of time-dependent weights
Abstract Background When quantifying the probability of survival in cancer patients using cancer registration data, it is common to estimate marginal relative survival, which under assumptions can be interpreted as marginal net survival. Net survival is a hypothetical construct giving the probabilit...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01266-1 |