SCAN: Suspected CANcer (SCAN) Pathway
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Suspected CANcer (SCAN) Pathway
Description
Blood test results from people presenting to primary care with non-specific symptoms of cancer.
Usage
SCAN
Format
A data frame with 750 observations on the following 8 variables.
ageAge of the patient (in years).
comorbidityCharlson comorbidity score.
haemoglobinHaemoglobin (g/dL)
albuminBlood Albumin (g/dL)
alaninetransAlanine Transaminase (U/L)
whitebloodcellWhite blood cell count (per microlitre x 10^9/L)
bilirubinBilirubin (umol/L)
calciumCalcium in milligrams (mg/dL)
Source
This is a synthetic data set generated from the original data set and therefore does not contain actual patient data, only data from simulated patients that share similar attributes to those of the original cohort.
References
Nicholson BD, Oke JL, Friedemann Smith C, et al. The Suspected CANcer (SCAN) pathway: protocol for evaluating a new standard of care for patients with non-specific symptoms of cancer.
BMJ Open 2018;8:e018168.
Examples
data(SCAN, package = "R4HCR")
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Suspected CANcer (SCAN) Pathway
Description
Blood test results from people presenting to primary care with non-specific symptoms of cancer.
Usage
SCANFormat
A data frame with 750 observations on the following 8 variables.
ageAge of the patient (in years).
comorbidityCharlson comorbidity score.
haemoglobinHaemoglobin (g/dL)
albuminBlood Albumin (g/dL)
alaninetransAlanine Transaminase (U/L)
whitebloodcellWhite blood cell count (per microlitre x 10^9/L)
bilirubinBilirubin (umol/L)
calciumCalcium in milligrams (mg/dL)
Source
This is a synthetic data set generated from the original data set and therefore does not contain actual patient data, only data from simulated patients that share similar attributes to those of the original cohort.
References
Nicholson BD, Oke JL, Friedemann Smith C, et al. The Suspected CANcer (SCAN) pathway: protocol for evaluating a new standard of care for patients with non-specific symptoms of cancer. BMJ Open 2018;8:e018168.
Examples
data(SCAN, package = "R4HCR")
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