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Main analysis wrapper

End-to-end function for a single tumour type

run_tumour_analysis()
Estimate Cancer-Recurrence Transition Probabilities for One Tumour Type

Step-by-step building blocks

Individual functions that run_tumour_analysis() calls internally, exposed for custom workflows.

prep_ipd()
Prepare Pseudo-Individual Patient Data from Aggregate Survival Proportions
fit_models()
Fit a Panel of Parametric Survival Models to Pseudo-IPD
extract_ic()
Extract Information Criteria from a List of Parametric Survival Models
compute_weights()
Compute Relative-Likelihood Weights for Model Averaging
blend_survival()
Blend Parametric Survival Curves Using Model-Averaging Weights
predict_surv()
Predict Survival from a Single flexsurvreg Model
make_background_surv()
Construct Background (All-Cause) Survival from a US-CDC Life-Table
rmst()
Compute the Restricted Mean Survival Time (Trapezoidal Rule)

Visualisation

plot_survival_curves()
Plot Blended Survival Curves for LR and DR Populations

Bundled datasets

lifetable_seer
US-CDC Life-Table for SEER-17 Background Mortality Adjustment
tumour_data_seer
SEER-17 Five-Year Aggregate Survival Data for 11 Cancer Types

Package

seerSurv seerSurv-package
seerSurv: Cancer Progression Transition Probabilities from Aggregate Survival Data