Journal:
:iranian journal of cancer prevention
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alireza abadi dept. of community medicine and
health, shahid beheshti university of
medical sciences, tehran, iran
farzaneh ahmadi dept. of biostatistics, school of
paramedical, shahid beheshti
university of medical sciences,
tehran, iran
hamaid alavi majd dept. of biostatistics, school of
paramedical, shahid beheshti
university of medical sciences,
tehran, iran
mohammad esmaeil akbari cancer research center, shahid
beheshti university of medical
sciences, tehran, iran
zainab abolfazli khonbi dept. of english language, kashan
university of medical sciences,
kashan, iran
esmat davoudi monfared dept. of community medicine and
health, shahid beheshti university of
medical sciences, tehran, iran
background: colon cancer is the third cause of cancer deaths. although colon cancer survival time has increased in recent years, the mortality rate is still high. the cox model is the most common regression model often used in medical research in survival analysis, but most of the time the effect of at least one of the independent factors changes over time, so the model cannot be used. in the c...