Korean Journal of Radiology

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Restricted Mean Survival Time for Survival Analysis: A Quick Guide for Clinical Researchers

  • Kyunghwa Han (Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, and Center for Clinical Imaging Data Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Inkyung Jung (Division of Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2022.01.26
  • Accepted : 2022.03.20
  • Published : 2022.05.01
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This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2021R1I1A1A01059893).

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