Melanoma {MASS}R Documentation

Survival from Malignant Melanoma

Description

The Melanoma data frame has data on 205 patients in Denmark with malignant melanoma.

Arguments

time survival time in days, possibly censored
status 1 died from melanoma, 2 alive, 3 dead from other causes
sex 1 = male, 2 = female
age age in years
year of operation
thickness tumour thickness in mm
ulcer 1 = presence, 0 = absence

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

Source

P. K. Andersen, O. Borgan, R. D. Gill, and N. Keiding (1993) Statistical Models based on Counting Processes. Springer.


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