Impact of age on the cancer-specific survival of patients with localized renal cell carcinoma: martingale residual and competing risks analysis.

Impact of age on the cancer-specific survival of patients with localized renal cell carcinoma: martingale residual and competing risks analysis.

BACKGROUND: Age at diagnosis has been shown to be an independent prognostic factor of localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in several studies. We used contemporary statistical methods to reevaluate the effect of age on the cancer-specific survival (CSS) of localized RCC. METHODS AND FINDINGS: 1,147...

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Main Authors: Muyan Cai, Jinhuan Wei, Zhiling Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Yunqiao Qiu, Yong Fang, Zhenli Gao, Jiazheng Cao, Wei Chen, Fangjian Zhou, Dan Xie, Junhang Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3484053?pdf=render

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