A Comparison between Accelerated Failure-time and Cox Proportional Hazard Models in Analyzing the Survival of Gastric Cancer Patients

Background: Gastric cancer is the one of the most prevalent reason of cancer-related death in the world. Survival of patients after surgery involves identifying risk factors. There are various models to detect the effect of risk factors on patients’ survival. The present study aims at evaluating th...

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Main Authors: Ali ZARE, Mostafa HOSSEINI, Mahmood MAHMOODI, Kazem MOHAMMAD, Hojjat ZERAATI, Kourosh HOLAKOUIE-NAIENI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3359