leuk2: Acute Leukemia data from Freireich et al (1963).

leuk2R Documentation

Acute Leukemia data from Freireich et al (1963).

Description

In this study there were 21 pairs of subjects, and within each pair one subject received 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) and one got placebo. The data are right censored.

See also Gehan (1965) who used the data ignoring the pairing so that he could illustrate his famous two-sample (non-paired) rank test.

Usage

data(leuk2)

Format

A data frame with 42 observations on the following variables.

time

time in remission (in weeks)

status

event status, 1 is relapse, 0 is censored

treatment

treatment group: either 'placebo' or '6-MP'

pair

pair id number

References

Gehan (1965) Biometrika 52:203-223.

Freireich et al (1963) Blood 21(6):699-716.

See Also

leuk is only the treated group

Examples

data(leuk2)

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