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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JDS</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of Data Science</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1680-743X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1680-743X</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>SOSRUC</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">120107</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.6339/JDS.2014.12(1).1152
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>A New Class of Survival Regression Models with Cure Fraction</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ortega</surname>
            <given-names>Edwin M. M.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_JDS_aff_000"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_000">Universidade de S˜ao Paulo</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Barriga</surname>
            <given-names>Gladys D. C.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_JDS_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_001">Universidade Estadual Paulista “J´ulio de Mesquita Filho”</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Hashimoto</surname>
            <given-names>Elizabeth M.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_JDS_aff_002"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_002">Universidade de S˜ao Paulo</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Cordeiro</surname>
            <given-names>Gauss M.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_JDS_aff_003"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_003">Universidade Federal de Pernambuco</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>12</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>107</fpage>
      <lpage>136</lpage>
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        <p>Abstract: In this paper, we propose a flexible cure rate survival model by as suming that the number of competing causes of the event of interest follows the negative binomial distribution and the time to event follows a generalized gamma distribution. We define the negative binomial-generalized gamma distribution, which can be used to model survival data. The new model in cludes as special cases some of the well-known cure rate models discussed in the literature. We consider a frequentist analysis and nonparametric boot strap for parameter estimation of a negative binomial-generalized gamma regression model with cure rate. Then, we derive the appropriate matri ces for assessing local influence on the parameter estimates under different perturbation schemes and present some ways to perform global influence analysis. Finally, we analyze a real data set from the medical area.</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>Cure fraction models</kwd>
        <kwd>generalized gamma distribution</kwd>
        <kwd>lifetime data</kwd>
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