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Head and neck cancer survival data from the Northern California Oncology Group (NCOG), from Section 9.2. Patients were randomized to one of two treatment arms.

Format

A data frame with survival time information and variables:

t

Time in months until death or censoring

d

Death indicator: 1 = death observed, 0 = censored

arm

Treatment arm: "A" = Chemotherapy, "B" = Chemotherapy + Radiation

day

Day of event/censoring

month

Month of event/censoring

year

Year of event/censoring

References

Efron, B. and Hastie, T. (2016). Computer Age Statistical Inference. Cambridge University Press, Section 9.2.