1. Paul S. Albert is Mathematical Statistician, Biometric Branch, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 . Lori E. Dodd is Mathematical Statistician, Biometric Branch, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 . We thank Dr. Gen Iinuma for providing us access to the gastric cancer dataset. We thank Dr. Seirchiro Yamamoto for helping us get access to the data as well as for helpful conversations. We thank the...