lung: NCCTG Lung Cancer Data

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NCCTG Lung Cancer Data

Description

Survival for 228 patients with advanced lung cancer was recorded up to a median of roughly one year by the North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Performance scores rate how well the patient can perform usual daily activities.

Format

inst:	Institution code
time:	Survival time in days
status:	censoring status 1=censored, 2=dead
age:	Age in years
sex:	Male=1 Female=2
ph.ecog:	ECOG performance score (0=good 5=dead)
ph.karno:	Karnofsky performance score (bad=0-good=100) rated by physician
pat.karno:	Karnofsky performance score as rated by patient
meal.cal:	Calories consumed at meals
wt.loss:	Weight loss in last six months

Source

Terry Therneau

References

Loprinzi CL. Laurie JA. Wieand HS. Krook JE. Novotny PJ. Kugler JW. Bartel J. Law M. Bateman M. Klatt NE. et al. Prospective evaluation of prognostic variables from patient-completed questionnaires. North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 12(3):601-7, 1994.

Examples

data(lung)

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