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NCCTG Lung Cancer Data
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Description
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Survival in patients with advanced lung cancer from the North Central
Cancer Treatment Group. Performance scores rate how well the patient can
perform usual daily activities.

Usage
~~~~~

::

    lung
    cancer

Format
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| inst:        | Institution code                                                  |
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| time:        | Survival time in days                                             |
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| status:      | censoring status 1=censored, 2=dead                               |
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| age:         | Age in years                                                      |
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| sex:         | Male=1 Female=2                                                   |
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| ph.ecog:     | ECOG performance score (0=good 5=dead)                            |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ph.karno:    | Karnofsky performance score (bad=0-good=100) rated by physician   |
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| pat.karno:   | Karnofsky performance score as rated by patient                   |
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| meal.cal:    | Calories consumed at meals                                        |
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| wt.loss:     | Weight loss in last six months                                    |
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Source
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Terry Therneau

References
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Loprinzi CL. Laurie JA. Wieand HS. Krook JE. Novotny PJ. Kugler JW.
Bartel J. Law M. Bateman M. Klatt NE. et al. Prospective evaluation of
prognostic variables from patient-completed questionnaires. North
Central Cancer Treatment Group. Journal of Clinical Oncology.
12(3):601-7, 1994.
