| Ovarian cancer data {dynpred} | R Documentation |
Data originate from two clinical trials on the use of different combination chemotherapies, carried out in The Netherlands around 1980
Description
A data frame of 358 patients with ovarian cancer. The included variables are
- tyears
Time in years until death or last follow-up
- d
Survival status; 1 = death; 0 = censored
- Karn
Karnofsky score
- Broders
Broders score: factor with levels "unknown", "1", "2", "3", "4"
- FIGO
FIGO stage; factor with levels "III", "IV"
- Ascites
Presence of ascires; factor with levels "unknown", "absent", "present"
- Diam
Diameter of the tumor; factor with levels "micr.", "<1cm", "1-2cm", "2-5cm", ">5cm"
Format
A data frame, see data.frame.
References
Neijt, J. P., ten Bokkel Huinink, W. W., van der Burg, M. E., van Oosterom, A. T., Vriesendorp, R., Kooyman, C. D., van Lindert, A. C., Hamerlynck, J. V., van Lent, M. & van Houwelingen, J. C. (1984), 'Randomised trial comparing two combination chemotherapy regimens (Hexa-CAF vs CHAP- 5) in advanced ovarian carcinoma', Lancet 2, 594–600.
Neijt, J. P., ten Bokkel Huinink, W. W., van der Burg, M. E., van Oosterom, A. T., Willemse, P. H., Heintz, A. P., van Lent, M., Trimbos, J. B., Bouma, J. & Vermorken, J. B. (1987), 'Randomized trial comparing two combination chemotherapy regimens (CHAP-5 vs CP) in advanced ovarian carcinoma', Journal of Clinical Oncology 5, 1157–1168.
van Houwelingen, J. C., ten Bokkel Huinink, W. W., van der Burg, M. E., van Oosterom, A. T. & Neijt, J. P. (1989), 'Predictability of the survival of patients with advanced ovarian cancer.', Journal of Clinical Oncology 7, 769–773.