A conditional model predicting the 10-year annual extra mortality risk compared to the general population: a large population-based study in Dutch breast cancer patients.

OBJECTIVE:Many cancer survivors are facing difficulties in getting a life insurance; raised premiums and declinatures are common. We generated a prediction model estimating the conditional extra mortality risk of breast cancer patients in the Netherlands. This model can be used by life insurers to a...

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Main Authors: Marissa C van Maaren, Robert F Kneepkens, Joke Verbaan, Peter C Huijgens, Valery E P P Lemmens, Rob H A Verhoeven, Sabine Siesling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210887