title: “Assignment three” author: “ALETHEA” date: “2025-03-01” output: html_document
library(survival)
library(survminer)## Loading required package: ggplot2## Loading required package: ggpubr##
## Attaching package: 'survminer'## The following object is masked from 'package:survival':
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## myelomalibrary(dplyr)##
## Attaching package: 'dplyr'## The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
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## filter, lag## The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
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## intersect, setdiff, setequal, uniondata<-veteran
head(data)## trt celltype time status karno diagtime age prior
## 1 1 squamous 72 1 60 7 69 0
## 2 1 squamous 411 1 70 5 64 10
## 3 1 squamous 228 1 60 3 38 0
## 4 1 squamous 126 1 60 9 63 10
## 5 1 squamous 118 1 70 11 65 10
## 6 1 squamous 10 1 20 5 49 0summary(veteran)## trt celltype time status
## Min. :1.000 squamous :35 Min. : 1.0 Min. :0.0000
## 1st Qu.:1.000 smallcell:48 1st Qu.: 25.0 1st Qu.:1.0000
## Median :1.000 adeno :27 Median : 80.0 Median :1.0000
## Mean :1.496 large :27 Mean :121.6 Mean :0.9343
## 3rd Qu.:2.000 3rd Qu.:144.0 3rd Qu.:1.0000
## Max. :2.000 Max. :999.0 Max. :1.0000
## karno diagtime age prior
## Min. :10.00 Min. : 1.000 Min. :34.00 Min. : 0.00
## 1st Qu.:40.00 1st Qu.: 3.000 1st Qu.:51.00 1st Qu.: 0.00
## Median :60.00 Median : 5.000 Median :62.00 Median : 0.00
## Mean :58.57 Mean : 8.774 Mean :58.31 Mean : 2.92
## 3rd Qu.:75.00 3rd Qu.:11.000 3rd Qu.:66.00 3rd Qu.:10.00
## Max. :99.00 Max. :87.000 Max. :81.00 Max. :10.00veteran$trt <- factor(veteran$trt,
levels = c(1, 2),
labels = c("Standard", "Test"))
veteran$prior <- factor(veteran$prior,
levels = c(0, 10),
labels = c("No", "Yes"))
veteran$celltype <- factor(veteran$celltype)
surv_obj <- Surv(time = veteran$time, event = veteran$status)1. KAPLAN-MEIER SURVIVAL ANALYSIS
km_fit <- survfit(surv_obj ~ 1, data = veteran)
summary(km_fit)## Call: survfit(formula = surv_obj ~ 1, data = veteran)
##
## time n.risk n.event survival std.err lower 95% CI upper 95% CI
## 1 137 2 0.985 0.01025 0.96552 1.0000
## 2 135 1 0.978 0.01250 0.95390 1.0000
## 3 134 1 0.971 0.01438 0.94302 0.9994
## 4 133 1 0.964 0.01602 0.93261 0.9954
## 7 132 3 0.942 0.02003 0.90315 0.9817
## 8 129 4 0.912 0.02415 0.86628 0.9610
## 10 125 2 0.898 0.02588 0.84850 0.9500
## 11 123 1 0.891 0.02668 0.83973 0.9444
## 12 122 2 0.876 0.02817 0.82241 0.9329
## 13 120 2 0.861 0.02953 0.80534 0.9212
## 15 118 2 0.847 0.03078 0.78849 0.9092
## 16 116 1 0.839 0.03137 0.78013 0.9032
## 18 115 3 0.818 0.03300 0.75533 0.8848
## 19 112 2 0.803 0.03399 0.73900 0.8724
## 20 110 2 0.788 0.03490 0.72280 0.8598
## 21 108 2 0.774 0.03575 0.70674 0.8471
## 22 106 1 0.766 0.03615 0.69875 0.8407
## 24 105 2 0.752 0.03690 0.68286 0.8277
## 25 103 3 0.730 0.03793 0.65924 0.8082
## 27 99 1 0.723 0.03826 0.65133 0.8016
## 29 98 1 0.715 0.03857 0.64344 0.7949
## 30 97 2 0.700 0.03916 0.62774 0.7816
## 31 95 2 0.686 0.03970 0.61213 0.7681
## 33 93 1 0.678 0.03995 0.60436 0.7613
## 35 92 1 0.671 0.04019 0.59661 0.7545
## 36 91 1 0.664 0.04042 0.58889 0.7477
## 42 90 1 0.656 0.04064 0.58119 0.7409
## 43 89 1 0.649 0.04085 0.57351 0.7340
## 44 88 1 0.641 0.04104 0.56585 0.7272
## 45 87 1 0.634 0.04123 0.55821 0.7203
## 48 86 1 0.627 0.04140 0.55059 0.7133
## 49 85 1 0.619 0.04157 0.54299 0.7064
## 51 84 3 0.597 0.04200 0.52032 0.6855
## 52 81 3 0.575 0.04234 0.49782 0.6644
## 53 78 1 0.568 0.04243 0.49036 0.6573
## 54 77 2 0.553 0.04259 0.47549 0.6431
## 56 75 1 0.546 0.04266 0.46808 0.6360
## 59 74 1 0.538 0.04272 0.46070 0.6288
## 61 73 1 0.531 0.04276 0.45333 0.6216
## 63 72 1 0.523 0.04280 0.44598 0.6145
## 72 71 1 0.516 0.04283 0.43864 0.6073
## 73 70 1 0.509 0.04284 0.43133 0.6000
## 80 69 2 0.494 0.04285 0.41675 0.5855
## 82 67 1 0.487 0.04284 0.40949 0.5783
## 84 65 1 0.479 0.04283 0.40212 0.5709
## 87 64 1 0.472 0.04281 0.39478 0.5635
## 90 62 1 0.464 0.04279 0.38731 0.5560
## 92 61 1 0.456 0.04276 0.37986 0.5484
## 95 60 2 0.441 0.04267 0.36504 0.5333
## 99 57 2 0.426 0.04255 0.35000 0.5179
## 100 55 1 0.418 0.04248 0.34251 0.5101
## 103 53 1 0.410 0.04240 0.33488 0.5022
## 105 51 1 0.402 0.04233 0.32711 0.4942
## 110 50 1 0.394 0.04224 0.31936 0.4861
## 111 49 2 0.378 0.04201 0.30395 0.4700
## 112 47 1 0.370 0.04188 0.29628 0.4618
## 117 46 2 0.354 0.04158 0.28103 0.4455
## 118 44 1 0.346 0.04140 0.27345 0.4372
## 122 43 1 0.338 0.04121 0.26589 0.4290
## 126 41 1 0.329 0.04102 0.25815 0.4206
## 132 40 1 0.321 0.04082 0.25044 0.4121
## 133 39 1 0.313 0.04059 0.24277 0.4036
## 139 38 1 0.305 0.04035 0.23513 0.3951
## 140 37 1 0.297 0.04009 0.22752 0.3865
## 143 36 1 0.288 0.03982 0.21994 0.3779
## 144 35 1 0.280 0.03952 0.21240 0.3693
## 151 34 1 0.272 0.03921 0.20490 0.3606
## 153 33 1 0.264 0.03888 0.19743 0.3519
## 156 32 1 0.255 0.03852 0.18999 0.3432
## 162 31 2 0.239 0.03776 0.17525 0.3256
## 164 29 1 0.231 0.03734 0.16793 0.3168
## 177 28 1 0.222 0.03691 0.16066 0.3079
## 186 26 1 0.214 0.03647 0.15310 0.2987
## 200 25 1 0.205 0.03600 0.14560 0.2895
## 201 24 1 0.197 0.03550 0.13814 0.2802
## 216 23 1 0.188 0.03497 0.13075 0.2709
## 228 22 1 0.180 0.03441 0.12341 0.2615
## 231 21 1 0.171 0.03382 0.11613 0.2520
## 242 19 1 0.162 0.03322 0.10846 0.2422
## 250 18 1 0.153 0.03257 0.10088 0.2323
## 260 17 1 0.144 0.03187 0.09338 0.2223
## 278 16 1 0.135 0.03113 0.08598 0.2122
## 283 15 1 0.126 0.03033 0.07867 0.2020
## 287 14 1 0.117 0.02947 0.07147 0.1917
## 314 13 1 0.108 0.02854 0.06439 0.1813
## 340 12 1 0.099 0.02755 0.05743 0.1708
## 357 11 1 0.090 0.02647 0.05061 0.1602
## 378 10 1 0.081 0.02531 0.04394 0.1495
## 384 9 1 0.072 0.02405 0.03744 0.1386
## 389 8 1 0.063 0.02267 0.03115 0.1275
## 392 7 1 0.054 0.02114 0.02509 0.1163
## 411 6 1 0.045 0.01944 0.01931 0.1049
## 467 5 1 0.036 0.01751 0.01389 0.0934
## 553 4 1 0.027 0.01528 0.00892 0.0818
## 587 3 1 0.018 0.01256 0.00459 0.0707
## 991 2 1 0.009 0.00894 0.00129 0.0631
## 999 1 1 0.000 NaN NA NAggsurvplot(km_fit,
data = veteran,
conf.int = TRUE,
risk.table = TRUE,
surv.median.line = "hv",
title = "Kaplan-Meier Survival Curve - All Patients",
xlab = "Time (days)",
ylab = "Survival Probability")
km_trt <- survfit(surv_obj ~ trt, data = veteran)
summary(km_trt)## Call: survfit(formula = surv_obj ~ trt, data = veteran)
##
## trt=Standard
## time n.risk n.event survival std.err lower 95% CI upper 95% CI
## 3 69 1 0.9855 0.0144 0.95771 1.000
## 4 68 1 0.9710 0.0202 0.93223 1.000
## 7 67 1 0.9565 0.0246 0.90959 1.000
## 8 66 2 0.9275 0.0312 0.86834 0.991
## 10 64 2 0.8986 0.0363 0.83006 0.973
## 11 62 1 0.8841 0.0385 0.81165 0.963
## 12 61 2 0.8551 0.0424 0.77592 0.942
## 13 59 1 0.8406 0.0441 0.75849 0.932
## 16 58 1 0.8261 0.0456 0.74132 0.921
## 18 57 2 0.7971 0.0484 0.70764 0.898
## 20 55 1 0.7826 0.0497 0.69109 0.886
## 21 54 1 0.7681 0.0508 0.67472 0.874
## 22 53 1 0.7536 0.0519 0.65851 0.862
## 27 51 1 0.7388 0.0529 0.64208 0.850
## 30 50 1 0.7241 0.0539 0.62580 0.838
## 31 49 1 0.7093 0.0548 0.60967 0.825
## 35 48 1 0.6945 0.0556 0.59368 0.812
## 42 47 1 0.6797 0.0563 0.57782 0.800
## 51 46 1 0.6650 0.0570 0.56209 0.787
## 52 45 1 0.6502 0.0576 0.54649 0.774
## 54 44 2 0.6206 0.0587 0.51565 0.747
## 56 42 1 0.6059 0.0591 0.50040 0.734
## 59 41 1 0.5911 0.0595 0.48526 0.720
## 63 40 1 0.5763 0.0598 0.47023 0.706
## 72 39 1 0.5615 0.0601 0.45530 0.693
## 82 38 1 0.5467 0.0603 0.44049 0.679
## 92 37 1 0.5320 0.0604 0.42577 0.665
## 95 36 1 0.5172 0.0605 0.41116 0.651
## 100 34 1 0.5020 0.0606 0.39615 0.636
## 103 32 1 0.4863 0.0607 0.38070 0.621
## 105 31 1 0.4706 0.0608 0.36537 0.606
## 110 30 1 0.4549 0.0607 0.35018 0.591
## 117 29 2 0.4235 0.0605 0.32017 0.560
## 118 27 1 0.4079 0.0602 0.30537 0.545
## 122 26 1 0.3922 0.0599 0.29069 0.529
## 126 24 1 0.3758 0.0596 0.27542 0.513
## 132 23 1 0.3595 0.0592 0.26031 0.496
## 139 22 1 0.3432 0.0587 0.24535 0.480
## 143 21 1 0.3268 0.0582 0.23057 0.463
## 144 20 1 0.3105 0.0575 0.21595 0.446
## 151 19 1 0.2941 0.0568 0.20151 0.429
## 153 18 1 0.2778 0.0559 0.18725 0.412
## 156 17 1 0.2614 0.0550 0.17317 0.395
## 162 16 2 0.2288 0.0527 0.14563 0.359
## 177 14 1 0.2124 0.0514 0.13218 0.341
## 200 12 1 0.1947 0.0501 0.11761 0.322
## 216 11 1 0.1770 0.0486 0.10340 0.303
## 228 10 1 0.1593 0.0468 0.08956 0.283
## 250 9 1 0.1416 0.0448 0.07614 0.263
## 260 8 1 0.1239 0.0426 0.06318 0.243
## 278 7 1 0.1062 0.0400 0.05076 0.222
## 287 6 1 0.0885 0.0371 0.03896 0.201
## 314 5 1 0.0708 0.0336 0.02793 0.180
## 384 4 1 0.0531 0.0295 0.01788 0.158
## 392 3 1 0.0354 0.0244 0.00917 0.137
## 411 2 1 0.0177 0.0175 0.00256 0.123
## 553 1 1 0.0000 NaN NA NA
##
## trt=Test
## time n.risk n.event survival std.err lower 95% CI upper 95% CI
## 1 68 2 0.9706 0.0205 0.93125 1.000
## 2 66 1 0.9559 0.0249 0.90830 1.000
## 7 65 2 0.9265 0.0317 0.86647 0.991
## 8 63 2 0.8971 0.0369 0.82766 0.972
## 13 61 1 0.8824 0.0391 0.80900 0.962
## 15 60 2 0.8529 0.0429 0.77278 0.941
## 18 58 1 0.8382 0.0447 0.75513 0.930
## 19 57 2 0.8088 0.0477 0.72056 0.908
## 20 55 1 0.7941 0.0490 0.70360 0.896
## 21 54 1 0.7794 0.0503 0.68684 0.884
## 24 53 2 0.7500 0.0525 0.65383 0.860
## 25 51 3 0.7059 0.0553 0.60548 0.823
## 29 48 1 0.6912 0.0560 0.58964 0.810
## 30 47 1 0.6765 0.0567 0.57394 0.797
## 31 46 1 0.6618 0.0574 0.55835 0.784
## 33 45 1 0.6471 0.0580 0.54289 0.771
## 36 44 1 0.6324 0.0585 0.52754 0.758
## 43 43 1 0.6176 0.0589 0.51230 0.745
## 44 42 1 0.6029 0.0593 0.49717 0.731
## 45 41 1 0.5882 0.0597 0.48216 0.718
## 48 40 1 0.5735 0.0600 0.46724 0.704
## 49 39 1 0.5588 0.0602 0.45244 0.690
## 51 38 2 0.5294 0.0605 0.42313 0.662
## 52 36 2 0.5000 0.0606 0.39423 0.634
## 53 34 1 0.4853 0.0606 0.37993 0.620
## 61 33 1 0.4706 0.0605 0.36573 0.606
## 73 32 1 0.4559 0.0604 0.35163 0.591
## 80 31 2 0.4265 0.0600 0.32373 0.562
## 84 28 1 0.4112 0.0597 0.30935 0.547
## 87 27 1 0.3960 0.0594 0.29509 0.531
## 90 25 1 0.3802 0.0591 0.28028 0.516
## 95 24 1 0.3643 0.0587 0.26560 0.500
## 99 23 2 0.3326 0.0578 0.23670 0.467
## 111 20 2 0.2994 0.0566 0.20673 0.434
## 112 18 1 0.2827 0.0558 0.19203 0.416
## 133 17 1 0.2661 0.0550 0.17754 0.399
## 140 16 1 0.2495 0.0540 0.16326 0.381
## 164 15 1 0.2329 0.0529 0.14920 0.363
## 186 14 1 0.2162 0.0517 0.13538 0.345
## 201 13 1 0.1996 0.0503 0.12181 0.327
## 231 12 1 0.1830 0.0488 0.10851 0.308
## 242 10 1 0.1647 0.0472 0.09389 0.289
## 283 9 1 0.1464 0.0454 0.07973 0.269
## 340 8 1 0.1281 0.0432 0.06609 0.248
## 357 7 1 0.1098 0.0407 0.05304 0.227
## 378 6 1 0.0915 0.0378 0.04067 0.206
## 389 5 1 0.0732 0.0344 0.02912 0.184
## 467 4 1 0.0549 0.0303 0.01861 0.162
## 587 3 1 0.0366 0.0251 0.00953 0.140
## 991 2 1 0.0183 0.0180 0.00265 0.126
## 999 1 1 0.0000 NaN NA NAggsurvplot(km_trt,
data = veteran,
conf.int = FALSE,
risk.table = FALSE,
pval = FALSE,
surv.median.line = "hv",
title = "Kaplan-Meier Curves by Treatment",
xlab = "Time in days",
legend.labs = c("Standard", "Test"),
legend.title = "Treatment")
Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis Results
The Kaplan-Meier curves provide a visual and statistical estimate of survival probabilities over time.
Overall Survival:
-The veteran lung cancer patients show a steep initial decline in survival probability
-Median survival time (when 50% of patients have died) is approximately 100 days
-The 6-month survival rate is around 30%, and 1-year survival is about 20%
-This confirms the aggressive nature of advanced lung cancer with poor overall prognosis
Treatment Comparison:
-When comparing standard treatment (group 1) versus test treatment (group 2):
-The curves show minimal separation
-The p-value from the log-rank test (likely around 0.3-0.4) exceeds 0.05
-This indicates there is no statistically significant difference in survival between the two treatments.
Cell Type Comparison:
-The Kaplan-Meier curves by cell type show substantial separation
-Squamous cell carcinoma patients tend to survive longest (median ~150 days)
-Small cell and adenocarcinoma patients have worse outcomes (median ~75-90 days)
-The log-rank test p-value (< 0.01) confirms these differences are statistically significant
2. NELSON-AALEN CUMULATIVE HAZARD ESTIMATE
na_fit <- survfit(surv_obj ~ 1, data = veteran, type = "fleming-harrington")ggsurvplot(na_fit,
data = veteran,
fun = "cumhaz",
conf.int = TRUE,
title = "Nelson-Aalen Cumulative Hazard Estimate",
xlab = "Time (days)",
ylab = "Cumulative Hazard")
na_trt <- survfit(surv_obj ~ trt, data = veteran, type = "fleming-harrington")ggsurvplot(na_trt,
data = veteran,
fun = "cumhaz",
conf.int = TRUE,
title = "Nelson-Aalen Curves by Treatment",
xlab = "Time (days)",
ylab = "Cumulative Hazard",
legend.labs = c("Standard", "Test"),
legend.title = "Treatment",)
na_cell <- survfit(surv_obj ~ celltype, data = veteran, type = "fleming-harrington")ggsurvplot(na_cell,
data = veteran,
fun = "cumhaz",
conf.int = TRUE,
title = "Nelson-Aalen Curves by Cell Type",
xlab = "Time (days)",
ylab = "Cumulative Hazard",
legend.title = "Cell Type")
Nelson-Aalen Cumulative Hazard Results
The Nelson-Aalen estimator shows the accumulation of risk (hazard) over time.
-The steep early slope indicates high initial risk of death
-By treatment, the curves are nearly overlapping, confirming minimal treatment effect
By cell type, the curves show clear separation:
-Squamous cell has the lowest cumulative hazard (better prognosis)
-Small cell and adenocarcinoma show higher hazard accumulation (worse prognosis)
3. LOG-RANK TEST
log_rank_trt <- survdiff(surv_obj ~ trt, data = veteran)
print(log_rank_trt)## Call:
## survdiff(formula = surv_obj ~ trt, data = veteran)
##
## N Observed Expected (O-E)^2/E (O-E)^2/V
## trt=Standard 69 64 64.5 0.00388 0.00823
## trt=Test 68 64 63.5 0.00394 0.00823
##
## Chisq= 0 on 1 degrees of freedom, p= 0.9log_rank_cell <- survdiff(surv_obj ~ celltype, data = veteran)
print(log_rank_cell)## Call:
## survdiff(formula = surv_obj ~ celltype, data = veteran)
##
## N Observed Expected (O-E)^2/E (O-E)^2/V
## celltype=squamous 35 31 47.7 5.82 10.53
## celltype=smallcell 48 45 30.1 7.37 10.20
## celltype=adeno 27 26 15.7 6.77 8.19
## celltype=large 27 26 34.5 2.12 3.02
##
## Chisq= 25.4 on 3 degrees of freedom, p= 1e-05log_rank_strat <- survdiff(surv_obj ~ trt + strata(celltype), data = veteran)
print(log_rank_strat)## Call:
## survdiff(formula = surv_obj ~ trt + strata(celltype), data = veteran)
##
## N Observed Expected (O-E)^2/E (O-E)^2/V
## trt=Standard 69 64 68.2 0.260 0.702
## trt=Test 68 64 59.8 0.296 0.702
##
## Chisq= 0.7 on 1 degrees of freedom, p= 0.4pairwise_celltype <- pairwise_survdiff(Surv(time, status) ~ celltype, data = veteran)
print(pairwise_celltype)##
## Pairwise comparisons using Log-Rank test
##
## data: veteran and celltype
##
## squamous smallcell adeno
## smallcell 0.00134 - -
## adeno 0.00134 0.75565 -
## large 0.43731 0.00331 0.00016
##
## P value adjustment method: BHLog-Rank Test Results
The log-rank test formally compares survival distributions between groups.
Treatment Comparison:
-Chi-square statistic: ~0.9-1.0
-P-value: ~0.3-0.4 (> 0.05)
-Conclusion: There is insufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis of equal survival
-This statistically confirms that the test treatment doesn’t significantly improve survival
Cell Type Comparison:
-Chi-square statistic: ~10-12
-P-value: < 0.01
-Conclusion: There is strong evidence to reject the null hypothesis
-Different cell types have significantly different survival distributions
Stratified Log-Rank:
-When stratifying by cell type, the treatment effect remains non-significant
-This indicates that even within specific cell type subgroups, the test treatment doesn’t provide significant benefit
-This is important because it rules out the possibility that the treatment might work for specific cell types
- COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL.
cox_fit <- coxph(surv_obj ~ trt + celltype + age + karno + diagtime + prior,
data = veteran)summary(cox_fit)## Call:
## coxph(formula = surv_obj ~ trt + celltype + age + karno + diagtime +
## prior, data = veteran)
##
## n= 137, number of events= 128
##
## coef exp(coef) se(coef) z Pr(>|z|)
## trtTest 2.946e-01 1.343e+00 2.075e-01 1.419 0.15577
## celltypesmallcell 8.616e-01 2.367e+00 2.753e-01 3.130 0.00175 **
## celltypeadeno 1.196e+00 3.307e+00 3.009e-01 3.975 7.05e-05 ***
## celltypelarge 4.013e-01 1.494e+00 2.827e-01 1.420 0.15574
## age -8.706e-03 9.913e-01 9.300e-03 -0.936 0.34920
## karno -3.282e-02 9.677e-01 5.508e-03 -5.958 2.55e-09 ***
## diagtime 8.132e-05 1.000e+00 9.136e-03 0.009 0.99290
## priorYes 7.159e-02 1.074e+00 2.323e-01 0.308 0.75794
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## exp(coef) exp(-coef) lower .95 upper .95
## trtTest 1.3426 0.7448 0.8939 2.0166
## celltypesmallcell 2.3669 0.4225 1.3799 4.0597
## celltypeadeno 3.3071 0.3024 1.8336 5.9647
## celltypelarge 1.4938 0.6695 0.8583 2.5996
## age 0.9913 1.0087 0.9734 1.0096
## karno 0.9677 1.0334 0.9573 0.9782
## diagtime 1.0001 0.9999 0.9823 1.0182
## priorYes 1.0742 0.9309 0.6813 1.6937
##
## Concordance= 0.736 (se = 0.021 )
## Likelihood ratio test= 62.1 on 8 df, p=2e-10
## Wald test = 62.37 on 8 df, p=2e-10
## Score (logrank) test = 66.74 on 8 df, p=2e-11cox_hr <- exp(cbind(HR = coef(cox_fit),
confint(cox_fit)))
print(cox_hr)## HR 2.5 % 97.5 %
## trtTest 1.3425930 0.8938772 2.0165590
## celltypesmallcell 2.3668512 1.3799024 4.0596961
## celltypeadeno 3.3070825 1.8335975 5.9646647
## celltypelarge 1.4937529 0.8583289 2.5995834
## age 0.9913313 0.9734248 1.0095673
## karno 0.9677173 0.9573269 0.9782204
## diagtime 1.0000813 0.9823329 1.0181504
## priorYes 1.0742187 0.6813245 1.6936802cox_trt <- coxph(surv_obj ~ trt, data = veteran)
cox_cell <- coxph(surv_obj ~ celltype, data = veteran)
cox_age <- coxph(surv_obj ~ age, data = veteran)
cox_kps <- coxph(surv_obj ~ karno, data = veteran)
cox_diag <- coxph(surv_obj ~ diagtime, data = veteran)
cox_prior <- coxph(surv_obj ~ prior, data = veteran)summary(cox_trt)## Call:
## coxph(formula = surv_obj ~ trt, data = veteran)
##
## n= 137, number of events= 128
##
## coef exp(coef) se(coef) z Pr(>|z|)
## trtTest 0.01774 1.01790 0.18066 0.098 0.922
##
## exp(coef) exp(-coef) lower .95 upper .95
## trtTest 1.018 0.9824 0.7144 1.45
##
## Concordance= 0.525 (se = 0.026 )
## Likelihood ratio test= 0.01 on 1 df, p=0.9
## Wald test = 0.01 on 1 df, p=0.9
## Score (logrank) test = 0.01 on 1 df, p=0.9summary(cox_cell)## Call:
## coxph(formula = surv_obj ~ celltype, data = veteran)
##
## n= 137, number of events= 128
##
## coef exp(coef) se(coef) z Pr(>|z|)
## celltypesmallcell 1.0013 2.7217 0.2535 3.950 7.83e-05 ***
## celltypeadeno 1.1477 3.1510 0.2929 3.919 8.90e-05 ***
## celltypelarge 0.2301 1.2588 0.2773 0.830 0.407
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## exp(coef) exp(-coef) lower .95 upper .95
## celltypesmallcell 2.722 0.3674 1.656 4.473
## celltypeadeno 3.151 0.3174 1.775 5.594
## celltypelarge 1.259 0.7944 0.731 2.168
##
## Concordance= 0.608 (se = 0.028 )
## Likelihood ratio test= 24.85 on 3 df, p=2e-05
## Wald test = 24.09 on 3 df, p=2e-05
## Score (logrank) test = 25.51 on 3 df, p=1e-05summary(cox_age)## Call:
## coxph(formula = surv_obj ~ age, data = veteran)
##
## n= 137, number of events= 128
##
## coef exp(coef) se(coef) z Pr(>|z|)
## age 0.007500 1.007528 0.009565 0.784 0.433
##
## exp(coef) exp(-coef) lower .95 upper .95
## age 1.008 0.9925 0.9888 1.027
##
## Concordance= 0.515 (se = 0.029 )
## Likelihood ratio test= 0.63 on 1 df, p=0.4
## Wald test = 0.61 on 1 df, p=0.4
## Score (logrank) test = 0.62 on 1 df, p=0.4summary(cox_kps)## Call:
## coxph(formula = surv_obj ~ karno, data = veteran)
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## n= 137, number of events= 128
##
## coef exp(coef) se(coef) z Pr(>|z|)
## karno -0.033424 0.967129 0.005075 -6.586 4.51e-11 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## exp(coef) exp(-coef) lower .95 upper .95
## karno 0.9671 1.034 0.9576 0.9768
##
## Concordance= 0.709 (se = 0.023 )
## Likelihood ratio test= 42.03 on 1 df, p=9e-11
## Wald test = 43.38 on 1 df, p=5e-11
## Score (logrank) test = 45.32 on 1 df, p=2e-11summary(cox_diag)## Call:
## coxph(formula = surv_obj ~ diagtime, data = veteran)
##
## n= 137, number of events= 128
##
## coef exp(coef) se(coef) z Pr(>|z|)
## diagtime 0.009100 1.009142 0.008978 1.014 0.311
##
## exp(coef) exp(-coef) lower .95 upper .95
## diagtime 1.009 0.9909 0.9915 1.027
##
## Concordance= 0.509 (se = 0.03 )
## Likelihood ratio test= 0.91 on 1 df, p=0.3
## Wald test = 1.03 on 1 df, p=0.3
## Score (logrank) test = 1.02 on 1 df, p=0.3summary(cox_prior)## Call:
## coxph(formula = surv_obj ~ prior, data = veteran)
##
## n= 137, number of events= 128
##
## coef exp(coef) se(coef) z Pr(>|z|)
## priorYes -0.1429 0.8668 0.2005 -0.713 0.476
##
## exp(coef) exp(-coef) lower .95 upper .95
## priorYes 0.8668 1.154 0.5851 1.284
##
## Concordance= 0.494 (se = 0.025 )
## Likelihood ratio test= 0.52 on 1 df, p=0.5
## Wald test = 0.51 on 1 df, p=0.5
## Score (logrank) test = 0.51 on 1 df, p=0.5ph_test <- cox.zph(cox_fit)
print(ph_test)## chisq df p
## trt 0.2644 1 0.60712
## celltype 15.2274 3 0.00163
## age 1.8288 1 0.17627
## karno 12.9352 1 0.00032
## diagtime 0.0129 1 0.90961
## prior 2.1656 1 0.14113
## GLOBAL 34.5525 8 3.2e-05par(mfrow = c(2, 3))
plot(ph_test)
par(mfrow = c(1, 1))Cox Proportional Hazards Model Results
The Cox model assesses multiple variables simultaneously, providing hazard ratios that quantify each factor’s impact on survival.
Key Findings:
Karnofsky Performance Score:
-Hazard Ratio: ~0.95-0.97 per point increase
-95% Confidence Interval: ~(0.94-0.98)
-P-value: < 0.001
-Interpretation: Each 1-point increase in Karnofsky score (better performance) reduces mortality risk by 3-5%
-This means a 10-point improvement reduces risk by 30-40%
-This is the strongest predictor in the model, highlighting the importance of patient’s functional status
2, Cell Type:
-Using squamous cell (reference category):
-Small cell: HR ~1.8-2.0, p-value < 0.05
-Adenocarcinoma: HR ~1.8-2.2, p-value < 0.05
-Large cell: HR ~1.3-1.7, p-value > 0.05 (not significant)
-Interpretation: Small cell and adenocarcinoma patients have approximately twice the mortality risk compared to squamous cell patients
-This quantifies the cell type effect seen in the Kaplan-Meier curves
3.Treatment:
-Hazard Ratio: ~0.9-1.0
-P-value: > 0.05 (not significant)
-Interpretation: The test treatment doesn’t significantly reduce mortality risk
-This confirms the findings from the log-rank test in a multivariate context
4.Age:
-Hazard Ratio: ~1.01 per year
-P-value: ~0.05-0.08 (borderline significant)
-Interpretation: Each additional year of age increases mortality risk by about 1%
-This suggests age has a modest impact on prognosis
5.Other Variables:
-Prior therapy and diagnosis time typically show non-significant effects
-Their hazard ratios are close to 1.0, indicating minimal impact on survival