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Oncolog, Volume 50, Number 11, November 2005, Vickie J. Williams, Karen Stuyck, James D. Cox Md
Oncolog, Volume 50, Number 11, November 2005, Vickie J. Williams, Karen Stuyck, James D. Cox Md
OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)
- Cancer in Young Adults
- Do Mind/Body Techniques Work?
- House Call: Tapping into Local and Online Resources
- Phytoestrogen Consumption May Reduce Lung Cancer Risk
- DiaLog: Radiation Therapy and Lung Cancer, by James D. Cox, MD, Professor and Head of the Division of Radiation Oncology
Minimum Follow-Up Time Required For The Estimation Of Statistical Cure Of Cancer Patients: Verification Using Data From 42 Cancer Sites In The Seer Database, Patricia Tai, Edward Yu, Gábor Cserni, Georges Vlastos, Melanie Royce, Ian Kunkler, Vincent Vinh-Hung
Minimum Follow-Up Time Required For The Estimation Of Statistical Cure Of Cancer Patients: Verification Using Data From 42 Cancer Sites In The Seer Database, Patricia Tai, Edward Yu, Gábor Cserni, Georges Vlastos, Melanie Royce, Ian Kunkler, Vincent Vinh-Hung
Edward Yu
Background: The present commonly used five-year survival rates are not adequate to represent the statistical cure. In the present study, we established the minimum number of years required for follow-up to estimate statistical cure rate, by using a lognormal distribution of the survival time of those who died of their cancer. We introduced the term, threshold year, the follow-up time for patients dying from the specific cancer covers most of the survival data, leaving less than 2.25% uncovered. This is close enough to cure from that specific cancer. Methods: Data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database were …