Natural history of 1341 sequential patients with monoclonal gammapothy of undetermined significance (MGUS).
data("mgus2")A data frame with 1384 observations on the following 10 variables.
idsubject identifier
ageage at diagnosis, in years
sexa factor with levels F M
hgbhemoglobin
creatcreatinine
mspikesize of the monoclonal serum splike
ptimetime until progression to a plasma cell malignancy (PCM) or last contact, in months
pstatoccurrence of PCM: 0=no, 1=yes
futimetime until death or last contact, in months
deathoccurrence of death: 0=no, 1=yes
This is a larger follow-on study of the condition also found in data
set mgus.
R. Kyle, T. Therneau, V. Rajkumar, J. Offord, D. Larson, M. Plevak, and L. J. Melton III, A long-terms study of prognosis in monoclonal gammopathy of undertermined significance. New Engl J Med, 346:564-569 (2002).