Comparison of multi-state Markov models for cancer progression with different procedures for parameters estimation. An application to breast cancer

<p><strong>Background:</strong> the knowledge of sojourn time (the duration of the preclinical screen-detectable period) and screening test sensitivity is crucial for understanding the disease progression and the effectiveness of screening programmes. For this purpose a model of th...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Ventura, Giulia Carreras, Donella Puliti, Eugenio Paci, Marco Zappa, Guido Miccinesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2013-10-01
Series:Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health
Online Access:http://ebph.it/article/view/8729
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