Impact of 6-MP on Acute Leukemia Remission Duration

This dataset, LeukemiaRemission_df, is a data frame containing data on the duration of remission for acute leukemia patients who were randomly assigned to maintenance therapy with 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), an active antileukemic compound, or a placebo. The dataset includes the sex, white blood cell (WBC) count, time to relapse, event status, and treatment group for the patients.

Usage

data(LeukemiaRemission_df)

Format

A data frame with 42 observations and 5 variables:

sex

Sex of the patient (integer).

wbc

White blood cell (WBC) count (numeric).

time

Time to relapse (integer).

event

Event status (Factor with 2 levels: 1 = relapse, 0 = no relapse).

grp

Treatment group (Factor with 2 levels: 1 = 6-MP, 0 = placebo).

Source

Data taken from the R4HCR package. Kleinbaum, D.G. and Klein, M., 1996. Survival Analysis: A Self-Learning Text. Springer.

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'LeukemiaRemission_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the OncoDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix '_df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.