Cancer Survival Datafile

Datafile Name: Cancer Survival
Datafile Subjects: Medical
Story Names: Cancer Survival
Reference: Cameron, E. and Pauling, L. (1978) Supplemental ascorbate in the supportive treatment of cancer: re-evaluation of prolongation of survival times in terminal human cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 75, 4538Π4542. Also found in: Manly, B.F.J. (1986) Multivariate Statistical Methods: A Primer, New York: Chapman & Hall, 11. Also found in: Hand, D.J., et al. (1994) A Handbook of Small Data Sets, London: Chapman & Hall, 255.
Authorization: Contact authors
Description: Patients with advanced cancers of the stomach, bronchus, colon, ovary or breast were treated with ascorbate. The purpose of the study was to determine if the survival times differ with respect to the organ affected by the cancer.
Number of cases: 64
Variable Names:

Survival: Survival time (in days?)
Organ: Organ affected by the cancer
The Data:
Survival Organ 124 Stomach 42 Stomach 25 Stomach 45 Stomach 412 Stomach 51 Stomach 1112 Stomach 46 Stomach 103 Stomach 876 Stomach 146 Stomach 340 Stomach 396 Stomach 81 Bronchus 461 Bronchus 20 Bronchus 450 Bronchus 246 Bronchus 166 Bronchus 63 Bronchus 64 Bronchus 155 Bronchus 859 Bronchus 151 Bronchus 166 Bronchus 37 Bronchus 223 Bronchus 138 Bronchus 72 Bronchus 245 Bronchus 248 Colon 377 Colon 189 Colon 1843 Colon 180 Colon 537 Colon 519 Colon 455 Colon 406 Colon 365 Colon 942 Colon 776 Colon 372 Colon 163 Colon 101 Colon 20 Colon 283 Colon 1234 Ovary 89 Ovary 201 Ovary 356 Ovary 2970 Ovary 456 Ovary 1235 Breast 24 Breast 1581 Breast 1166 Breast 40 Breast 727 Breast 3808 Breast 791 Breast 1804 Breast 3460 Breast 719 Breast