melanoma5 {timeEL} | R Documentation |
Melanoma competing risks data
Description
These competing risks data relate to survival of patients after operation for malignant melanoma collected at Odense University Hospital between 1962 and 1977. The data are a subsample of the 'melanoma' data of the 'timereg' package (patients who had a tumor thickness of less than 5 cm).
Usage
melanoma5
Format
A data frame with 173 rows and 2 variables:
- time
time to event (in years)
- status
event status, 1 is death due to malignant melanoma, 2 is death due to another cause and 0 is censored
Source
'timereg' package
References
Andersen PK, Skovgaard LT (2010) Regression with linear predictors. Springer, Berlin
Drzewiecki K, Andersen PK (1982) Survival with malignant melanoma: a regression analysis of prognostic factors. Cancer 49:2414–2419
[Package timeEL version 0.9.1 Index]