This isn't exactly true. People with cancer often have comorbidities that are 'competing events' and survival does not always tell the full story. I published a

This isn't exactly true. People with cancer often have comorbidities that are 'competing events' and survival does not always tell the full story. I published about this topic and it's more complex and subtle than you would think. https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/research/population-health-methods/competing-risk-analysis https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/research/population-health-...