Spatial and temporal modeling of breast cancer mortality in Kansas: An R-INLA approach

Stephanie Colwell; Prabhakar Chalise; Byron Gajewski; Isuru Ratnayake; Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0347607

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Spatial and temporal modeling of breast cancer mortality in Kansas: An R-INLA approach

Stephanie Colwell,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6389-7283

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Prabhakar Chalise,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Byron Gajewski,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Isuru Ratnayake,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9596-781X

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Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: dmudaranthakam@kumc.edu

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9767-1158

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Spatial and temporal modeling of breast cancer mortality in Kansas: An R-INLA approach

Stephanie Colwell,
Prabhakar Chalise,
Byron Gajewski,
Isuru Ratnayake,
Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam

Published: April 29, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0347607

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