prostate {mfp2}

Prostate cancer dataset used in the Royston and Sauerbrei (2008) book.

Description

Prostate cancer dataset used in the Royston and Sauerbrei (2008) book.

Usage

data(prostate)

Format

A dataset with 97 observations and 8 variables.

obsno

Observation number.

age

Age in years.

svi

Seminal vessel invasion (yes/no).

pgg45

Percentage Gleason score 4 or 5.

cavol

Cancer volume (mm).

weight

Prostate weight (g).

bph

Amount of benign prostatic hyperplasia (g).

cp

Amount of capsular penetration (g).

lpsa

Log PSA concentration (outcome variable).