Research Article
Estimating Cancer Latency Times Using a Weibull Model
Table 1
Comparison of approximate and exact latency estimates for selecting cancers by site.
| | Cancer site | Exact latency period (years) | Approximate latency period (years) | % difference |
| | Breast | 17.2 | 16.3 | 5.2% | | Lung | 13.6 | 13.6 | 0.0% | | Pancreas | 9.5 | 8.43 | 11.3% | | Stomach | 22.9 | 22.3 | 2.6% |
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