Inference in cure models when the follow-up is insufficient KU Leuven
In traditional survival analysis, all subjects in the population are assumed to be susceptible to the event of interest. However, it often happens that the event of interest never occurs for a fraction of the subjects under study, that are said to be cured. The quantities of interest in these cure models are often the cure rate and the survival function of the susceptible or uncured individuals. When the survival time is subject to random ...