Cancer

A new cure model that corrects for increased risk of non-cancer death: analysis of reliability and robustness, and application to real-life data

BACKGROUND: Non-cancer mortality in cancer patients may be higher than overall mortality in the general population due to a combination of factors, such as long-term adverse effects of treatments, and genetic, environmental or lifestyle-related …

Health status of prevalent cancer cases as measured by mortality dynamics (cancer vs. noncancer): Application to five major cancer sites

BACKGROUND: Cancer prevalence is heterogeneous because it includes individuals who are undergoing initial treatment and those who are in remission, experiencing relapse, or cured. The proposed statistical approach describes the health status of this …