True or False? Assume the below life table was constructed from following individuals who were diagnosed with slow-progressing form of prostate cancer and decided not to receive treatment of any form. The calculated survival probability for year 3, if the Kaplan-Meir approach is used to calculate the survival probability, is approximately 0.85.   Time in Years Number at Risk, Nt Number of Deaths, Dt Number Censored, Ct Survival Probability 0 20     1 1 20 3     2 17   1   3 16 2 1

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True or False? Assume the below life table was constructed from following individuals who were diagnosed with slow-progressing form of prostate cancer and decided not to receive treatment of any form. The calculated survival probability for year 3, if the Kaplan-Meir approach is used to calculate the survival probability, is approximately 0.85.

 

Time in Years

Number at Risk, Nt

Number of Deaths, Dt

Number Censored, Ct

Survival Probability

0

20

 

 

1

1

20

3

 

 

2

17

 

1

 

3

16

2

1

 

 

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Time in Years

Number at Risk, Nt

Number of Deaths, Dt

Number Censored, Ct

Survival Probability

0

20

 

 

1

1

20

3

 

 

2

17

 

1

 

3

16

2

1

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