myeloma: Survival times of patients with multiple myeloma
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Survival times of patients with multiple myeloma
Description
Survival times of 3882 subjects with multiple myeloma, seen at Mayo
Clinic from 1947–1996.
Usage
myeloma
data("cancer", package="survival")
Format
A data frame with 3882 observations on the following 5 variables.
idsubject identifier
yearyear of entry into the study
entrytime from diagnosis of MM until entry (days)
futimefollow up time (days)
deathstatus at last follow-up: 0 = alive, 1 = death
Details
Subjects who were diagnosed at Mayo will have entry =0, those who
were diagnosed elsewhere and later referred will have positive values.
References
R. Kyle, Long term survival in multiple myeloma.
New Eng J Medicine, 1997
Examples
# Incorrect survival curve, which ignores left truncation
fit1 <- survfit(Surv(futime, death) ~ 1, myeloma)
# Correct curve
fit2 <- survfit(Surv(entry, futime, death) ~1, myeloma)
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Survival times of patients with multiple myeloma
Description
Survival times of 3882 subjects with multiple myeloma, seen at Mayo Clinic from 1947–1996.
Usage
myeloma
data("cancer", package="survival")Format
A data frame with 3882 observations on the following 5 variables.
idsubject identifier
yearyear of entry into the study
entrytime from diagnosis of MM until entry (days)
futimefollow up time (days)
deathstatus at last follow-up: 0 = alive, 1 = death
Details
Subjects who were diagnosed at Mayo will have entry =0, those who
were diagnosed elsewhere and later referred will have positive values.
References
R. Kyle, Long term survival in multiple myeloma. New Eng J Medicine, 1997
Examples
# Incorrect survival curve, which ignores left truncation
fit1 <- survfit(Surv(futime, death) ~ 1, myeloma)
# Correct curve
fit2 <- survfit(Surv(entry, futime, death) ~1, myeloma)
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