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.
data(Colon_df)A data frame with 1,858 observations and 16 variables:
Patient identifier (numeric)
Study number (numeric)
Treatment group (factor)
Sex of the patient (numeric)
Age of the patient in years (numeric)
Obstruction present (numeric indicator)
Perforation present (numeric indicator)
Adherence to adjacent structures (numeric indicator)
Number of lymph nodes with cancer (numeric)
Patient status (numeric indicator)
Tumor differentiation (numeric)
Extent of local spread (numeric)
Surgical procedure performed (numeric indicator)
At least 4 nodes positive (numeric indicator)
Follow-up time in days (numeric)
Type of event (numeric indicator)
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.