colon_stageBC_chemo_df: Chemotherapy for Stage B/C Colon Cancer

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Chemotherapy for Stage B/C Colon Cancer

Description

This dataset, colon_stageBC_chemo_df, is a data frame containing data from one of the first successful trials of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage B/C colon cancer. The dataset includes 1858 observations (with two records per patient: one for recurrence and one for death) and 16 clinical variables.

Usage

data(colon_stageBC_chemo_df)

Format

A data frame with 1858 observations and 16 variables:

id

Numeric patient identifier

study

Numeric study code

rx

Factor with 3 levels indicating treatment group

sex

Numeric gender code

age

Numeric age in years

obstruct

Numeric obstruction status

perfor

Numeric perforation status

adhere

Numeric adhesion status

nodes

Numeric count of lymph nodes

status

Numeric event status

differ

Numeric differentiation grade

extent

Numeric tumor extent

surg

Numeric surgery code

node4

Numeric node4 status

time

Numeric follow-up time

etype

Numeric event type

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'colon_stageBC_chemo_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the DigestiveDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.

Source

Data taken from the OncoDataSets package version 0.1.0.

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