Illustration of different modelling assumptions for estimation of loss in expectation of life due to cancer

The life expectancy of cancer patients, and the loss in expectation of life as compared to the life expectancy without cancer, is a useful measure of cancer patient survival and complement the more commonly reported 5-year survival. The estimation of life expectancy and loss in expectation of life generally requires extrapolation of the survival function, since the follow-up is not long enough for the survival function to reach 0. We have...