Impact of Age on the Cancer-Specific Survival of Patients with Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Martingale Residual and Competing Risks Analysis

Muyan Cai; Jinhuan Wei; Zhiling Zhang; Hongwei Zhao; Yunqiao Qiu; Yong Fang; Zhenli Gao; Jiazheng Cao; Wei Chen; Fangjian Zhou; Dan Xie; Junhang Luo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048489

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Impact of Age on the Cancer-Specific Survival of Patients with Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Martingale Residual and Competing Risks Analysis

Muyan Cai ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Muyan Cai, Jinhuan Wei

Affiliations Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Jinhuan Wei ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Muyan Cai, Jinhuan Wei

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Zhiling Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Urology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Hongwei Zhao,

Affiliation Department of Urology, Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University Medical College, Yantai, China
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Yunqiao Qiu,

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital, GuangZhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Yong Fang,

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Zhenli Gao,

Affiliation Department of Urology, Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University Medical College, Yantai, China
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Jiazheng Cao,

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Wei Chen,

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Fangjian Zhou,

Affiliation Department of Urology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Dan Xie ,

* E-mail: lxied@mail.sysu.edu.cn (DX); luojunh@mail.sysu.edu.cn (JHL)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Junhang Luo

* E-mail: lxied@mail.sysu.edu.cn (DX); luojunh@mail.sysu.edu.cn (JHL)

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Impact of Age on the Cancer-Specific Survival of Patients with Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Martingale Residual and Competing Risks Analysis

Muyan Cai,
Jinhuan Wei,
Zhiling Zhang,
Hongwei Zhao,
Yunqiao Qiu,
Yong Fang,
Zhenli Gao,
Jiazheng Cao,
Wei Chen,
Fangjian Zhou

Published: October 30, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048489

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