Parametric maximum likelihood estimation of cure fraction using interval-censored data

A significant proportion of patients in cancer clinical trials can be cured. That is, the symptoms of the disease disappear completely and the disease never recurs. In this article, the focus is on estimation of the proportion of patients who are cured. The parametric maximum likelihood estimati...

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Main Authors: Aljawadi, Bader Ahmad I., Abu Bakar, Mohd Rizam, Ibrahim, Noor Akma, Al-Omari, Mohamad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia International Publishing 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30398/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30398/1/Parametric%20maximum%20likelihood%20estimation%20of%20cure%20fraction%20using%20interval.pdf