Estimation of Transition Probabilities in Multi-State Survival Data
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https://doi.org/10.62933/swsd0n89Keywords:
Survival Data;, Multi – Marcov State model;, Nelson-Aalen Estimator;, Aalen-Johansen Estimator;, Kaplan-Maeier Estimator;, Multi-State Model;, Hazard Function.Abstract
This study calculates nonparametric estimators including Kaplan-Meier, Nelson-Aalen and Aalen - Johnson for applying the Multi-State Model (MSM ) to analyze type IIIness-death transitions between alive and death followed by different duct cancer types (Breast, Lung , Brain , Ovary) through reduction techniques by using diminutions (k+1)*(k+1) for matrix , The package software program was used to generate elementary Nelson-Aalen and Kaplan-Meier estimator.
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