melanoma {blapsr}

Melanoma survival data.

Description

Melanoma survival dataset with 205 patients suffering from skin cancer and operated for malignant melanoma at Odense University Hospital in Denmark.

Usage

data(melanoma)

Format

A data frame with 205 rows and 7 columns.

time

Survival time in years.

status

1 Died from melanoma, 0 still alive or died from another event.

sex

1=Male, 0=Female.

age

Age in years.

year

Year of operation.

thickness

Tumour thickness measured in mm.

ulcer

1=Presence of ulceration, 0=Absence of ulceration.

Source

http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS4/

References

Venables W.N., and Ripley, B.D. (2002). Modern Applied Statistics with S, Fourth edition. Springer, New York. ISBN 0-387-95457-0.

Andersen, P.K., Borgan, O., Gill, R.D., and Keiding, N. (1993) Statistical Models based on Counting Processes. Springer.