[R] ... predict.coxph

[Terry Therneau]

>If you are looking at radioactive decay maybe but how often do
>you actually see exponential KM curves in real life?
  Exponential curves are rare.  But proportional hazards does not imply
exponential.

> A  trial design
could in fact try to get all the control sample to "event"  at the same
time if enough was known about prognostic factors and natural trajectory

 You are a dreamer.  We know very little about even the diseases we know
best.  The life insurers are in no danger yet from accurate predictions
by the medical community.

Terry T