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\name{VA}
\alias{VA}
\title{
Veteran's Administration Lung Cancer Trial
}
\description{
Veteran's Administration lung cancer trial from Kalbfleisch & Prentice.
}
\usage{
VA
}
\format{
A data frame with columns:
\describe{
\item{\code{stime}}{
survival or follow-up time in days.
}
\item{\code{status}}{
dead or censored.
}
\item{\code{treat}}{
standard or test
}
\item{\code{age}}{
patient's age in years
}
\item{\code{Karn}}{
Karnofsky score of patient's performance on a scale of 0 to 100.
}
\item{\code{diag.time}}{
times since diagnosis in months at entry to trial.
}
\item{\code{cell}}{
one of four cell types.
}
\item{\code{prior}}{
prior therapy?
}}
}
\source{
Kalbfleisch, J.D. and Prentice R.L. (1980)
\emph{The Statistical Analysis of Failure Time Data.}
}
\references{
Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002)
\emph{Modern Applied Statistics with S.} Fourth edition. Springer.
}
\keyword{datasets}
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