[Forum SIS] Bocconi DEC Seminar: Paul Dickman - October 13th

[Anna Simoni]

Dear colleagues, 

The Department of Decision Sciences (DEC) of Bocconi University is pleased to invite you to the seminar: 
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DEC Seminar 
Università Bocconi, 
Room 3-E4-SR03 
Via Rontgen 1 - 3rd floor 
Time: 12:30pm 

Thursday, October 13th 

Paul Dickman 
(Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm)  

"An introduction and some recent developments in statistical methods for population-based cancer survival analysis" 

Abstract: 

After introducing the field of population-based cancer survival analysis and its role in cancer control I will introduce the concept of relative survival and why it is often preferred over cause-specific survival for the study of cancer patient survival using data collected by population-based cancer registers. I will briefly mention some recent developments in methods for studying cancer patient survival, such as cure models (also known as split-population models), flexible parametric models, and estimating survival in the presence of competing risks. The presentation is aimed at researchers without a background in mathematical statistics although I may go into a mathematical details on a small number of slides. 
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Sincerely, 
Anna Simoni 

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Anna Simoni 

Assistant Professor 
Department of Decision Sciences 
Università Bocconi 
via Roentgen, 1 
20136 Milano - Italy 

Webpage: http://sites.google.com/site/simonianna/home 

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