A data set consisting of survival times for patients diagnosed with brain cancer.
BrainCancer
A data frame with 88 observations and 8 variables:
sex
Factor with levels "Female" and "Male"
diagnosis
Factor with levels "Meningioma", "LG glioma", "HG glioma", and "Other".
loc
Location factor with levels "Infratentorial" and "Supratentorial".
ki
Karnofsky index.
gtv
Gross tumor volume, in cubic centimeters.
stereo
Stereotactic method factor with levels "SRS" and "SRT".
status
Whether the patient is still alive at the end of the study: 0=Yes, 1=No.
time
Survival time, in months.
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