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<p>Prostate cancer is a severe threat to human lives. Approximately 1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer throughout their lifetimes, and 1 in 39 men will die from prostate cancer. There are many factors which increase or decrease the survival time of prostate cancer patients. Data is used here from a randomised clinical trial for the choice of treatment for prostate cancer patients in stages 3 and 4. This study is done to identify probable variables that influence the survival time of patients only for these two stages. The AFT and the Cox-PH models determine how variables affect prostate cancer patients' survival time.</p>
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Prostate cancer is a severe threat to human lives. Approximately 1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer throughout their lifetimes, and 1 in 39 men will die from prostate cancer. There are many factors which increase or decrease the survival time of prostate cancer patients. Data is used here from a randomised clinical trial for the choice of treatment for prostate cancer patients in stages 3 and 4. This study is done to identify probable variables that influence the survival time of patients only for these two stages. The AFT and the Cox-PH models determine how variables affect prostate cancer patients' survival time.

Evaluation of the Effect of Prognostic Variables on the Survival Analysis of Prostate Cancer

Biometrical Letters

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Prostate cancer is a severe threat to human lives. Approximately 1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer throughout their lifetimes, and 1 in 39 men...

Evaluation of the Effect of Prognostic Variables on the Survival Analysis of Prostate Cancer

Published Online: Dec 30, 2022

Page range: 77 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2022-0007

Keywords
Cox-PH, AFT, Log-rank

© 2022 Shafiq Hossain Sourav et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Evaluation of the Effect of Prognostic Variables on the Survival Analysis of Prostate Cancer

Published Online: Dec 30, 2022

Page range: 77 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2022-0007

KeywordsCox-PH, AFT, Log-rank

© 2022 Shafiq Hossain Sourav et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Cox-PH, AFT, Log-rank