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btumors: brain tumors trial data

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brain tumors trial data

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source

Schoenfeld D 1983 Sample-size formula for the proportional-hazards regression model. Biometrics 39:499--503. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2531021{JSTOR}

Details

Data from a trial of primary brain tumors performed by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group in 1978. 272 patients in total were enrolled in a trial comparing chemotherapy to chemotherapy + radiotherapy. Prognostic factors are illustrated.