Time-to-cure and cure proportion in solid cancers in France. A population based study.

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Date publication

mars 2019

Journal

Cancer epidemiology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr BOUVIER Anne-Marie, Dr JOOSTE Valérie, Dr MOUNIER Morgane


Tous les auteurs :
Romain G, Boussari O, Bossard N, Remontet L, Bouvier AM, Mounier M, Iwaz J, Colonna M, Jooste V,

Résumé

In cancer care, the cure proportion (P) and time-to-cure (TTC) are important indicators for practitioners, patients, and healthcare policy makers. The recent definition of TTC as the time at which the probability of belonging to the cured group reaches 95% was used for the first time.

Référence

Cancer Epidemiol. 2019 Mar 29;60:93-101