Estimation of excess hazard using compound Poisson frailty model

Background & Aim: The excess hazard rate proposed by Andersen and Vaeth may underestimate the long-term excess hazard rate for cancer survival. Zahl explained the phenomenon by continuous selection of the most robust individuals after diagnosis. He applied correlated inverse Gaussian and gamma...

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Main Authors: Mahmood Sheikh-Fathollahi, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Kazem Mohammad, Hojjat Zeraati, Arash Jalali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://jbe.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jbe/article/view/9