Melanoma                package:MASS                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'Melanoma' data frame has data on 205 patients in Denmark with
     malignant melanoma.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     Melanoma

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     '_t_i_m_e' survival time in days, possibly censored.

     '_s_t_a_t_u_s' '1' died from melanoma, '2' alive, '3' dead from other
          causes.

     '_s_e_x' '1' = male, '0' = female.

     '_a_g_e' age in years.

     '_y_e_a_r' of operation.

     '_t_h_i_c_k_n_e_s_s' tumour thickness in mm.

     '_u_l_c_e_r' '1' = presence, '0' = absence.


_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     P. K. Andersen, O. Borgan, R. D. Gill and N. Keiding (1993)
     _Statistical Models based on Counting Processes._ Springer.