censor.time {survcomp} | R Documentation

## Function to artificially censor survival data

### Description

The function censors the survival data at a specific point in time. This is is useful if you used datasets having different follow-up periods.

### Usage

    censor.time(surv.time, surv.event, time.cens = 0)

### Arguments

`surv.time` | vector of times to event occurrence
`surv.event` | vector of indicators for event occurrence
`time.cens` | point in time at which the survival data must be censored

### Value

`surv.time.cens` | vector of censored times to event occurrence
`surv.event.cens` | vector of censored indicators for event occurrence

### Author(s)

Benjamin Haibe-Kains

### Examples

    set.seed(12345)
    stime <- rexp(30)
    cens <- runif(30,0.5,2)
    sevent <- as.numeric(stime <= cens)
    stime <- pmin(stime, cens)
    censor.time(surv.time=stime, surv.event=sevent, time.cens=1)

[Package survcomp version 1.36.1 Index]