International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications

Application of the accelerated failure time model to lung cancer data

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

College of Administration and EconomicsnUniversity of Kirkuk

Abstract

Accelerated failure time model sometimes symbolized as AFT model, is an important  regression model in survival analysis. In this article, we applied AFT model to the data of lung cancer patient in order to identify the must important factors affecting the patient's survival time. The results showed a well performance for this model, as based on some statistical criteria, the factors  that are consistent with the opinion of specialists in in uencing survival time were identified, as the  factors (smoking, treatment, proliferation, location of residence) of the main factors a ecting the life of a person with this disease.

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International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications
Volume 12, Issue 1
May 2021
Pages 1243-1250
  • Receive Date: 09 January 2021
  • Revise Date: 20 February 2021
  • Accept Date: 05 March 2021