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Modelling the effects of standard prognostic factors in node-positive breast cancer

Prognostic models that predict the clinical course of a breast cancer patient are important in oncology. We propose an approach to constructing such models based on fractional polynomials in which useful transformations of the continuous factors are determined. The idea may be applied with all types...

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Autores principales: Sauerbrei, W, Royston, P, Bojar, H, Schmoor, C, Schumacher, M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2362813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10206288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6690279