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This dataset, ProstateSurgery_df, is a data frame containing data from a study on 97 men with prostate cancer who were scheduled to undergo radical prostatectomy. The dataset includes clinical and pathological variables associated with prostate cancer.

Usage

data(ProstateSurgery_df)

Format

A data frame with 97 observations and 9 variables:

lcavol

Logarithm of cancer volume (numeric).

lweight

Logarithm of prostate weight (numeric).

age

Patient's age in years (integer).

lbph

Logarithm of the amount of benign prostatic hyperplasia (numeric).

svi

Seminal vesicle invasion (binary: 0 = No, 1 = Yes; integer).

lcp

Logarithm of capsular penetration (numeric).

gleason

Gleason score (integer).

pgg45

Percentage of Gleason scores 4 or 5 (integer).

lpsa

Logarithm of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level (numeric).

Source

Data taken from the faraway package.

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'ProstateSurgery_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.