This dataset, ProstateSurvival_df, is a data frame containing survival times for two competing causes: time from prostate cancer diagnosis to death from prostate cancer, and time from prostate cancer diagnosis to death from other causes. The data set also contains information on several risk factors. The data in this data set are simulated from detailed competing risk survival curves and counts of numbers of patients per group presented in Lu-Yao et al. (2009).
Usage
data(ProstateSurvival_df)Format
A data frame with 14,294 observations and 5 variables:
- grade
Cancer grade categorized into 2 levels (factor).
- stage
Cancer stage categorized into 3 levels (factor).
- ageGroup
Age group categorized into 4 levels (factor).
- survTime
Survival time in months from prostate cancer diagnosis (integer).
- status
Event status: 1 for death from prostate cancer, 2 for death from other causes, 0 for censored (integer).
Source
Data taken from the asaur package. Simulated data based on competing risk survival curves and patient counts presented in Lu-Yao et al. (2009): *Outcomes of localized prostate cancer following conservative management*. Journal of the American Medical Association, 302, 1202–1209.
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'ProstateSurvival_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.