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e1684: Melanoma data set

Description

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) data used for modeling hazard-based regression models

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 284 observations on the following 5 variables.

  • TRT: 0=control group, 1=IFN treatment group

  • FAILTIME: observed relapse-free time

  • FAILCENS: relapse-free censor indicator

  • AGE:continuous variable, which is centered to the mean

  • SEX: 0 for male, 1 fopr female

References

Kirkwood, J. M., Manola, J., Ibrahim, J., Sondak, V., Ernstoff, M. S., & Rao, U. (2004). A pooled analysis of eastern cooperative oncology group and intergroup trials of adjuvant high-dose interferon for melanoma. Clinical Cancer Research, 10(5), 1670-1677.