Subject Area
Statistics
Abstract
The advance in cancer early detection and cancer treatment have led to the rapid growth in the number of cancer survivors. It is good news that cancer is more survivable than ever, however, it also brings new challenges. Cancer survivors are exposed to the risk of a second primary cancer. In Chapter 1 and Chapter 3, we investigated the survival of lung cancer patients with a history of previous cancer. Another challenge that cancer survivors need to face is the follow-up care. Many survivors found that they are “lost in transition” from cancer patients to cancer survivors. In Chapter 2, we investigated the patterns of use and impact on emergency department utilization in a comprehensive cancer survivorship program.
Degree Date
Summer 2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Statistical Science
Advisor
Daniel Heitjan
Format
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
Ge, zhiyun, "Statistical Analysis In Cancer Survivorship" (2018). Statistical Science Theses and Dissertations. 4.
https://scholar.smu.edu/hum_sci_statisticalscience_etds/4
