Cure models in survival analysis: from modelling to prediction assessment of the cure fraction. KU Leuven
Survival analysis examines and models the time it takes for events to occur. The typical event is death, from which the name ‘survival analysis’ and much of its terminology derives. Since the data can only be collected over a finite period of time, the ‘time to event’ may not be observed for all the individuals. This is the case for example when a patient leaves a clinical study before it ends or she/he is still alive by the end of the study. ...