Modelling cure rates using the Gompertz model with covariate information.

Stat Med

Pediatric Oncology Group Statistical Office, Gainesville, FL 32601-3330, USA.

Published: April 1998

We extend the modified Gompertz hazard function, first used by Cantor and Shuster for estimation of cure rates from pediatric clinical trials, by including covariate effects. The extended model provides a convenient method for estimation of the cure rate as a function of treatments and covariates.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980430)17:8<831::aid-sim790>3.0.co;2-gDOI Listing

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