Kaplan-Meier estimate

Kaplan-Meier estimate

(kap'lăn mī'ĕr), nonparametric method of compiling life tables or survival tables that combines calculated probabilities of survival with estimates to allow for censored (missing) observations; used mainly in survival studies of cancer and similar long-term diseases.

Kap·lan-Mei·er es·ti·mate

(kap'lăn-mī'ĕr es'ti-măt) Nonparametric method of compiling life tables or survival tables that combines calculated probabilities of survival with estimates to allow for censored (missing) observations; used mainly in survival studies of cancer and similar long-term diseases.