Estimation of post-lead-time survival un
Estimation of post-lead-time survival under dependence between lead-time and post-lead-time survival
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Jian-Lun Xu; Richard M. Fagerstrom; Philip C. Prorok
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Early detection of cancer by screening advances the date of diagnosis, but may or may not alter time to death. Screening programme need to assess the true benefit of screening, that is, the length of time by which survival has been extended, beyond merely the time by which the diagnosis is advanced