3 papers
stat.AP2024
Cancer mortality projection: disparities, COVID-19, and late diagnosis impact
A. Arik, A. J. G. Cairns, G. Streftaris
This paper investigates projection of two major causes of cancer mortality, breast cancer and lung cancer, by using a Bayesian modelling framework. We investigate patterns in 2001-…
stat.AP2023
Insurance pricing for breast cancer under different multiple state models
Ayse Arik, Andrew J. G. Cairns, Erengul Dodd +3
In this paper we consider pricing of insurance contracts for breast cancer risk based on three multiple state models. Using population data in England and data from the medical lit…
stat.AP2023
The effect of the COVID-19 health disruptions on breast cancer mortality for older women: A semi-Markov modelling approach
Ayse Arik, Andrew J. G. Cairns, Erengul Dodd +2
We propose a methodology to quantify the impact on breast cancer mortality of diagnostic delays caused by public health measures introduced as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.…