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Comment
. 2013 Jul;24(4):628-9.
doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182961708.

Time scale in follow-up studies: considering disease prognosis

Jessica Chubak, Onchee Yu, Diana S M Buist, Heidi S Wirtz, Denise M Boudreau
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Time scale in follow-up studies: considering disease prognosis

Jessica Chubak et al. Epidemiology. 2013 Jul.

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  • Epidemiology. 2014 Nov;25(6):939
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Kernel-smoothed estimate of hazard of second breast cancer event over years since diagnosis by age at diagnosis, in a cohort of early stage breast cancer patients diagnosed in 1990–2008.
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