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Kaplan-Meier Survival Curves and the Log-Rank Test

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We begin with a brief review of the purposes of survival analysis, basic notation and terminology, and the basic data layout for the computer.

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Kleinbaum, D.G., Klein, M. (2012). Kaplan-Meier Survival Curves and the Log-Rank Test. In: Survival Analysis. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6646-9_2

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