Cure Models: Methods, Applications, and Implementation

Covers statistical concepts, methods and applications related to all aspects of survival analysis with cure, integration of insights gained from statistical analysis to decision-marking and inference in cancer research Self-contained as sufficient the technical details and statistical background are provided to make its materials easy to grasp Timely book on most relevant and important issues on cure models by experienced statistical researchers Includes Applications to real-life problems Inclusion of R codes for some of the novel methods and high-impact studies