Melanoma                package:MASS                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

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

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    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 

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

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

