Survival from Malignant Melanoma

Description

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

Usage

data(Melanoma)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

time

survival time in days, possibly censored

status

1 died from melanoma, 2 alive, 3 dead from other causes

sex

1 = male, 2 = female

age

age in years

year

of operation

thickness

tumour thickness in mm

ulcer

1 = presence, 0 = absence

Source

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