Basu, Sanjib; Tiwari, Ram C. - In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A 173 (2010) 2, pp. 307-329
Cancer is a major public health burden and is the second leading cause of death in the USA. The US National Cancer Institute estimated overall costs of cancer in 2007 at $219.2 billion. Breast cancer has the highest cancer incidence rates among women and is the second leading cause of cancer...