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Responses to Treatment for Leukemia
Description
Treatment results for leukemia patients
Format
A data frame with 51 observations on the following 9 variables.
Age | Age at diagnosis (in years) |
Smear | Differential percentage of blasts |
Infil | Percentage of absolute marrow leukemia infiltrate |
Index | Percentage labeling index of the bone marrow leukemia cells |
Blasts | Absolute number of blasts, in thousands |
Temp | Highest temperature of the patient prior to treatment, in degrees Fahrenheit |
Resp | 1=responded to treatment or 0=failed to respond |
Time | Survival time from diagnosis (in months) |
Status | 0=dead or 1=alive |
Details
A study involved 51 untreated adult patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia who were given a course of treatment, after which they were assessed as to their response.
Source
Data come from Statistical Analysis Using S-Plus (Brian S. Everitt; first edition 1994, Chapman & Hall).