title: Life risk assessment in cancer: a guide to using the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) program.
abstract: A guide to the use of SEER data to analyze cancer survival using the SEER*Stat software package is presented. Relative and cause-specific survival techniques are demonstrated via examples, and the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches are explored.
authors.affiliation: MetLife. srigatti@metlife.com
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rigatti
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007352:Insurance, Life / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018426:SEER Program / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012984:Software