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Biometrika 1979 66(1):184-187; doi:10.1093/biomet/66.1.184
© 1979 by Biometrika Trust
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Distribution-free estimation of cure time

TERENCE J. O'NEILL

Department of Statistics, Australian National University Canberra

An individual suffers from several lethal diseases. The cure time is the additional length of life if one of the diseases is eliminated. Some distribution-free estimators of location parameters for cure time are proposed and their asymptotic properties given.

Key Words: Censoring • Competing risks • Cure time • Distribution-free • Kaplan-Meier estimator • Lead time


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