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Analysis of survival by tumor response: have we learnt any better?

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The work is supported through Deutsche Krebshilfe grants no. 109569 + no. 111424 (ME, RW).

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  1. Center of Clinical Trials, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Gabriele Ihorst & Monika Engelhardt

  2. Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hugstetterstr. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

    Johannes Waldschmidt & Ralph Wäsch

  3. Department of Medical Biometry and Statistics (IMBI), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Martin Schumacher

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Ihorst, G., Waldschmidt, J., Schumacher, M. et al. Analysis of survival by tumor response: have we learnt any better?. Ann Hematol 94, 1615–1616 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-015-2426-8

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