Computation of Survival Estimates of Cancer Patients (or Patients with other Chronic Diseases) based on the Period Analysis Approach

Documentation for package ‘periodR’ version 1.0-6

cancer.pop	Age Categories and Proportions of a Standard Adult Cancer Patients Population
colorectum.df	Sample of 4472 Patients with Invasive Colorectal Cancer From Saarland (Germany) Diagnosed between 1992 and 2005
hybridperiod	Computation of Absolute and Relative Survival Estimates Based on a Hybrid Period Analysis Approach
is.period.object	Function to check whether an object is a period.object
lines.period	Adds a Curve of Absolute or Relative Survival to an Existing Plot
period	Computation of Absolute and Relative Survival Estimates Based on the Period Analysis Approach
period.object	Class Containing Results of a Period Analysis
plot.period	Plots a Curve of Absolute or Relative Survival
print.period	Prints Results of a Period Analysis
stomach	Data of 1963 Patients with Invasive Stomach Cancer From Saarland (Germany) Diagnosed between 1996 and 2005
surv.probs.females	Age- and Calendar Year-Specific 1-year Survival Probabilities of Females in Germany Between 1996 and 2005
surv.probs.males	Age- and Calendar Year-Specific 1-year Survival Probabilities of Males in Germany Between 1996 and 2005
write.period	Writes Results of a Period Analysis to a Text File