This dataset, Colon_df, contains data from a clinical trial of chemotherapy for patients with Stage B/C colon cancer. The dataset includes 1,858 observations and 16 variables, providing information on patient demographics, treatment assignment, disease characteristics, and outcomes. Some observations contain missing values.
Usage
data(Colon_df)Format
A data frame with 1,858 observations and 16 variables:
- id
Patient identifier (numeric)
- study
Study number (numeric)
- rx
Treatment group (factor)
- sex
Sex of the patient (numeric)
- age
Age of the patient in years (numeric)
- obstruct
Obstruction present (numeric indicator)
- perfor
Perforation present (numeric indicator)
- adhere
Adherence to adjacent structures (numeric indicator)
- nodes
Number of lymph nodes with cancer (numeric)
- status
Patient status (numeric indicator)
- differ
Tumor differentiation (numeric)
- extent
Extent of local spread (numeric)
- surg
Surgical procedure performed (numeric indicator)
- node4
At least 4 nodes positive (numeric indicator)
- time
Follow-up time in days (numeric)
- etype
Type of event (numeric indicator)
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'Colon_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the ForCausality package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.