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The aim of this chapter is to provide an introduction to survival analysis. Terminology together with basic ideas and standard methodology of how to analyse survival data will be presented. Finally, further and more advanced issues regarding the survival analysis will be briefly discussed, serving as an introduction of these areas to the reader.
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Siannis, F. (2010). How to Perform Analysis of Survival Data in Surgery. In: Athanasiou, T., Debas, H., Darzi, A. (eds) Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71915-1_37
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