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survival (version 2.38-3)

mgus2: Monoclonal gammapothy data

Description

Natural history of 1341 sequential patients with monoclonal gammapothy of undetermined significance (MGUS).

Usage

data("mgus2")

Arguments

source

Mayo Clinic data courtesy of Dr. Robert Kyle. All patient identifiers have been removed, age rounded to the nearest year, and follow-up times rounded to the nearest month.

Details

This is a larger follow-on study of the condition also found in data set mgus.

References

R. Kyle, T. Therneau, V. Rajkumar, J. Offord, D. Larson, M. Plevak, and L. J. Melton III, A long-terms study of prognosis in monoclonal gammopathy of undertermined significance. New Engl J Med, 346:564-569 (2002).