veteran {survival}R Documentation

Veterans' Administration Lung Cancer study

Description

Randomised trial of two treatment regimens for lung cancer. This is a standard survival analysis data set.

Usage

veteran

Format

trt:

1=standard 2=test

celltype:

1=squamous, 2=smallcell, 3=adeno, 4=large

time:

survival time

status:

censoring status

karno:

Karnofsky performance score (100=good)

diagtime:

months from diagnosis to randomisation

age:

in years

prior:

prior therapy 0=no, 1=yes

Source

D Kalbfleisch and RL Prentice (1980), The Statistical Analysis of Failure Time Data. Wiley, New York.


[Package survival version 2.36-9 Index]