Statistical methods in cancer research.
This chapter has presented and elaborated upon some of the more fundamental statistical methods that can be applied to medical data and that appear most frequently in the present literature. Familiarity with these concepts is necessary for understanding information so analyzed and is the foundation for critical evaluation of a variety of medical data.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003201:Computers; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D012042:Registries; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013223:Statistics as Topic