Surgical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 52-54 , June 2010

Concepts in cancer survival analysis: Research questions, data, and models

  • Ewout W. Steyerberg

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Thomas A. Gerds

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

,Accepted 11 March 2010.

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PII: S0960-7404(10)00029-0

doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2010.03.003

Surgical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 52-54 , June 2010