ex0431: Effect of Group Therapy on Survival of Breast Cancer Patients
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Effect of Group Therapy on Survival of Breast Cancer Patients
Description
Researchers randomly assigned metastatic breast cancer patients to
either a control group or a group that received weekly 90 minute
sessions of group therapy and self-hypnosis, to see whether the latter
treatment improved the patients' quality of life.
Usage
ex0431
Format
A data frame with 58 observations on the following 3 variables.
Survivalmonths of survival after beginning of study
Groupa factor with levels "Control" and
"Therapy"
Censor0 if entire lifetime observed, 1 if patient
known to have lived at least 122 months
Source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A
Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.
References
Spiegel, D., Bloom, J.R., Kraemer, H.C. and Gottheil, E.
(1989). Effect of Psychosocial Treatment on Survival of Patients with
Metastatic Breast Cancer, Lancet 334(8668): 888–891.
Examples
str(ex0431)
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Effect of Group Therapy on Survival of Breast Cancer Patients
Description
Researchers randomly assigned metastatic breast cancer patients to either a control group or a group that received weekly 90 minute sessions of group therapy and self-hypnosis, to see whether the latter treatment improved the patients' quality of life.
Usage
ex0431Format
A data frame with 58 observations on the following 3 variables.
Survivalmonths of survival after beginning of study
Groupa factor with levels
"Control"and"Therapy"Censor0 if entire lifetime observed, 1 if patient known to have lived at least 122 months
Source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.
References
Spiegel, D., Bloom, J.R., Kraemer, H.C. and Gottheil, E. (1989). Effect of Psychosocial Treatment on Survival of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer, Lancet 334(8668): 888–891.
Examples
str(ex0431)
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