Statistical aspects of prognostic factor studies in oncology.

British journal of cancer ·Vol. 69 ·No. 6 ·1994-06-00 ·Pages 979-85

Simon R, Altman DG

Abstract

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MeSH Terms

Humans Neoplasms/mortality,therapy Prognosis Proportional Hazards Models Regression Analysis Research Design Statistics as Topic/methods

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2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Simon R

Altman D G

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Article Info

Journal

British journal of cancer

Abbr.

Br J Cancer

ISSN

0007-0920

DOI

10.1038/bjc.1994.192

Published

1994-06-00

Pages

979-85

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0370635

PMCID

PMC1969431

Subset

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