GBSG2
The German Breast Cancer Study Group (GBSG2) dataset studies the effects of hormone treatment on recurrence-free survival time. The event of interest is the recurrence of cancer time. This data frame contains the observations of 686 women: * horTh: hormonal therapy, a factor at two levels (yes and no). * age: age of the patients in years. * menostat: menopausal status, a factor at two levels pre (premenopausal) and post (postmenopausal). * tsize: tumor size (in mm). * tgrade: tumor grade, a ordered factor at levels I < II < III. * pnodes: number of positive nodes. * progrec: progesterone receptor (in fmol). * estrec: estrogen receptor (in fmol). * time: recurrence free survival time (in days). * cens: censoring indicator (0- censored, 1- event). References * W. Sauerbrei and P. Royston (1999). Building multivariable prognostic and diagnostic models: transformation of the predictors by using fractional polynomials. Journal of the Royal Statistics Society Series A, Volume 162(1), 71–94 * M. Schumacher, G. Basert, H. Bojar, K. Huebner, M. Olschewski, W. Sauerbrei, C. Schmoor, C. Beyerle, R.L.A. Neumann and H.F. Rauschecker for the German Breast Cancer Study Group (1994), Randomized 2 × 2 trial evaluating hormonal treatment and the duration of chemotherapy in node- positive breast cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 12, 2086–2093 Source: Lifelines