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A finite mixture model based on Weibull distributions effectively analyzes competing risks time-to-event data with long-term survivors in malignant melanoma patients. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This research aims to develop a robust model for competing risks data in the presence of long-term survivors using finite mixture models.

March 2, 2026

A Model Based on Mixture of Weibull Distributions for Depending Competing Risks Data in the Presence of Long-Term Survivors, and Its Application to Malignant Melanoma Cancer Data.

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AGAyon GangulyIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati FSFarha SultanaIndian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati DKD. KunduIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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Finite mixture models analyze competing risks in patients with malignant melanoma, suggesting effective survival predictions.

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This research aims to develop a robust model for competing risks data in the presence of long-term survivors using finite mixture models.
Utilized finite mixture of Weibull distributions for modeling time-to-event data.
Applied logistic regression on covariates to estimate cure rates.
Employed the expectation-maximization algorithm for parameter estimation.
Constructed confidence intervals for model parameters.
Conducted simulation studies to test estimation methodologies.
The model effectively captures the survival outcomes of malignant melanoma patients.
Estimation methods showed reliable finite sample properties in simulations.
Predicted conditional survival functions for surviving patients were successfully generated.

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Ganguly et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a52dbff1e85e5c73bf0cbc https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.70466

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