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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology |
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| Online Access: | https://jbe.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jbe/article/view/9 |