extract_define_survival_data: extract_define_survival_data

In CancerRegistryOfNorway/stnetcall: NORDCAN Survival Statistics

extract_define_survival_data

Description

Run a Stata script on a dataset saved on-disk to prepare datasets for analysis for computing survival.

survival_file_base.dta includes all potential records, all relevant variables including strings

survival_file_analysis.dta includes a minimum of variables used for estimation and only observations for entities were data exists in all strata used for weighting

the dta files can be read in R using the optional haven package

Usage

extract_define_survival_data(
  cancer_record_dataset_path,
  stata_exe_path = NULL,
  survival_test_sample,
  survival_trace = FALSE
)

Arguments

cancer_record_dataset_path	'[character]' (mandatory, no default) path to a dataset of cancer records
stata_exe_path	This is set in the NORDCAN settings by default
survival_test_sample	Logical, if set to TRUE, the function will extract only a sample of the input cancer record dataset, which contains 10 percent of Breast, Prostate and colorectal cancers start from 2001.
survival_trace	Logical, if set to TRUE, run Stata in debug mode.

Value

It will generate four dta files for further survival analysis:

• survival_file_analysis_survivaltime_05_period_05.dta

• survival_file_analysis_survivaltime_05_period_10.dta

• survival_file_analysis_survivaltime_10_period_05.dta

• survival_file_analysis_survivaltime_10_period_10.dta

add additional files:

• survival_file_base.dta

• survival_file_analysis.dta

Detailed documentation is available at https://github.com/CancerRegistryOf Norway/NORDCAN/wiki/nordcansurvival

CancerRegistryOfNorway/stnetcall documentation built on June 15, 2025, 11:36 a.m.