Covers statistical concepts, methods and applications related to all aspects of survival analysis with cure, integration of insights gained from statistical analysis to decision-marking and inference in cancer researchSelf-contained as sufficient the technical details and statistical background are provided to make its materials easy to graspTimely book on most relevant and important issues on cure models by experienced statistical researchersIncludes Applications to real-life problemsInclusion of R codes for some of the novel methods and high-impact studies