
Factors associated with prostate specific antigen
Source:R/data-documentation.R
PSAProstateCancer_df.Rd
This dataset, PSAProstateCancer_df, is a data frame containing data from a study by Stamey et al. (1989) to examine the association between prostate specific antigen (PSA) and several clinical measures in men about to receive a radical prostatectomy. The dataset includes 97 observations and 9 variables, each representing a factor potentially associated with PSA.
Usage
data(PSAProstateCancer_df)
Format
A data frame with 97 observations and 9 variables:
- lcavol
Logarithm of cancer volume (numeric).
- lweight
Logarithm of prostate weight (numeric).
- age
Age of the patient in years (integer).
- lbph
Logarithm of benign prostatic hyperplasia (numeric).
- svi
Seminal vesicle invasion (integer).
- lcp
Logarithm of cancer perineural invasion (numeric).
- gleason
Gleason score (integer).
- pgg45
Percentage of cancerous tissue with Gleason score 4 or 5 (integer).
- lpsa
Logarithm of prostate specific antigen (PSA) (numeric).
Source
Data taken from the ncvreg package. Based on data from Stamey et al. (1989), which examined the association between prostate specific antigen (PSA) and several clinical measures potentially associated with PSA in men about to receive a radical prostatectomy.
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'PSAProstateCancer_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.