table6.22: Table 6.22 Survival Times for Cancer Patients

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Table 6.22 Survival Times for Cancer Patients

Description

Table 6.22 Survival Times for Cancer Patients

Usage

table6.22

Format

A dataframe with 63 rows and 7 columns

TypeofCancer

1 = stomach, 2 = bronchus, 3 = colon, 4 — rectum, 5 = bladder, 6 = kidney)

Gender

(1 = male, 2 = female

Age

Age

y1

survival time (days) of patient treated with ascorbate measured from date of first hospital attendance

y2

mean survival time for the patient's 10 matched controls (untreated with ascorbate)

y3

survival time after ascorbate treatment ceased

y4

mean survival time after all treatment ceased for the patient's 10 matched controls

Source

The data in Table 6.22 were collected by Cameron and Pauling (1978)

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