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| ovarian   | R Documentation   |
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Ovarian Cancer Survival Data
----------------------------

Description
~~~~~~~~~~~

Survival in a randomised trial comparing two treatments for ovarian
cancer

Usage
~~~~~

::

    ovarian

Format
~~~~~~

+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| futime:     | survival or censoring time                             |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| fustat:     | censoring status                                       |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| age:        | in years                                               |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| resid.ds:   | residual disease present (1=no,2=yes)                  |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| rx:         | treatment group                                        |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| ecog.ps:    | ECOG performance status (1 is better, see reference)   |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
+-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

Source
~~~~~~

Terry Therneau

References
~~~~~~~~~~

Edmunson, J.H., Fleming, T.R., Decker, D.G., Malkasian, G.D., Jefferies,
J.A., Webb, M.J., and Kvols, L.K., Different Chemotherapeutic
Sensitivities and Host Factors Affecting Prognosis in Advanced Ovarian
Carcinoma vs. Minimal Residual Disease. Cancer Treatment Reports,
63:241-47, 1979.

for ECOG performance status:
`http://ecog.org/general/perf\_stat.html <http://ecog.org/general/perf_stat.html>`_
