Is the measure of elapsed time from some well-defined point in time, such as the enrolment into a clinical trial, until an event of interest, such as death, occurs.
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(2011). Survival. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_5606
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