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A Statistical Approach to Determine the Optimal Duration of Post-Treatment Follow-Up: Application to Metastatic Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors

Serge Somda, Stéphane Culine, Christine Chevreau, Karim Fizazi, Eve Leconte, Andrew Kramar, and Thomas Filleron

Abstract

The objective of this study was to present a statistical method to define an optimal duration of follow-up for patients in remission after treatment for cancer, for detection of recurrences.

Keywords

Cure model; Delayed cases; Log-normal; Salvage treatment; Testis;

Reference

Serge Somda, Stéphane Culine, Christine Chevreau, Karim Fizazi, Eve Leconte, Andrew Kramar, and Thomas Filleron, A Statistical Approach to Determine the Optimal Duration of Post-Treatment Follow-Up: Application to Metastatic Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors, Clinical Genitourinary Cancer, vol. 15, n. 2, 2017, pp. 230–236.

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Clinical Genitourinary Cancer, vol. 15, n. 2, 2017, pp. 230–236