veteran               package:survival               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Randomised trial of two treatment regimens for lung cancer. This
     is a standard survival analysis data set

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(veteran)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:


       trt:       1=standard 2=test
       celltype:  1=squamous,  2=smallcell,  3=adeno,  4=large
       time:      survival time
       status:    censoring status
       karno:     Karnofsky performance score (100=good)
       diagtime:  months from diagnosis to randomisation
       age:       in years
       prior:     prior therapy 0=no, 1=yes

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Kalbfleisch and Prentice "The Statistical Analysis of Failure Time
     Data"