Using estimated probability of pre-diagnosis behavior as a predictor of cancer survival time: an example in esophageal cancer

Abstract Background Information on the associations between pre-diagnosis health behavior and post-diagnosis survival time in esophageal cancer could assist in planning health services but can be difficult to obtain using established study designs. We postulated that, with a large data set, using es...

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Main Authors: Paul P. Fahey, Andrew Page, Glenn Stone, Thomas Astell-Burt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-00957-5