Partitioning of excess mortality in population-based cancer patient survival studies using flexible parametric survival models

Partitioning of excess mortality in population-based cancer patient survival studies using flexible parametric survival models

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Relative survival is commonly used for studying survival of cancer patients as it captures both the direct and indirect contribution of a cancer diagnosis on mortality by comparing the observed survival of the patients to the expecte...

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Main Authors: Eloranta Sandra, Lambert Paul C, Andersson Therese ML, Czene Kamila, Hall Per, Björkholm Magnus, Dickman Paul W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Survival analysis
Cancer
Relative survival
Regression models
Competing risks
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/12/86

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