What are Some Key Terms Related to Kaplan-Meier Estimators?
Several key terms are commonly associated with Kaplan-Meier estimators:
Survival Function: The probability that a patient will survive past a certain time point. Event: The occurrence of the event of interest, such as death or recurrence of cancer. Censoring: When the exact time of the event is not known. Median Survival Time: The time at which 50% of the patients have experienced the event. Confidence Interval: A range of values that is likely to contain the true survival probability.
