PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Coldman, A. J.
AU  - Elwood, J. M.
TI  - Examining survival data
DP  - 1979 Oct 20
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1065--1068
VI  - 121
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/121/8/1065.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/121/8/1065.full
SO  - CMAJ1979 Oct 20; 121
AB  - This brief review presents a nonmathematical description of the methods used to describe the outcome of patient groups when the time to an event such as death or disease recurrence is of interest. Calculation of the product-limit, actuarial and relative survival curves is described and the underlying principles are explained. Two statistical tests frequently used in comparing survival curves (the generalized Wilcoxon and the log-rank or Mantel test) are described and an example of their use is given.