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<h2>NCCTG Lung Cancer Data</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>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.
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<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>
lung
cancer
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<h3>Format</h3>



<table summary="Rd table">
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    inst:</td><td align="left"> Institution code</td>
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    time:</td><td align="left"> Survival time in days</td>
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    status:</td><td align="left"> censoring status 1=censored, 2=dead</td>
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    age:</td><td align="left"> Age in years</td>
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    sex:</td><td align="left">  Male=1 Female=2</td>
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    ph.ecog:</td><td align="left"> ECOG performance score (0=good 5=dead)</td>
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    ph.karno:</td><td align="left"> Karnofsky performance score (bad=0-good=100) rated by physician</td>
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    pat.karno:</td><td align="left"> Karnofsky performance score as rated by patient</td>
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    meal.cal:</td><td align="left"> Calories consumed at meals</td>
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    wt.loss:</td><td align="left"> Weight loss in last six months</td>
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Terry Therneau</p>


<h3>References</h3>


<p>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. </p>


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