Natural history of 1341 sequential patients with monoclonal
gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). This is a superset of
the mgus data, at a later point in the accrual process
mgus2
data(cancer, package="survival")A data frame with 1384 observations on the following 10 variables.
idsubject identifier
ageage at diagnosis, in years
sexa factor with levels F M
dxyryear of diagnosis
hgbhemoglobin
creatcreatinine
mspikesize of the monoclonal serum splike
ptimetime until progression to a plasma cell malignancy (PCM) or last contact, in months
pstatoccurrence of PCM: 0=no, 1=yes
futimetime until death or last contact, in months
deathoccurrence of death: 0=no, 1=yes
This is an extension of the study found in the mgus data set,
containing enrollment through 1994 and follow-up through 1999.
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).