TCGA clinical data analysis

Question

[Arvind.Murali]

Hi

We are trying to build K-M plots for melanomas. We downloaded the TCGA clinical files and used the three data sets: Vital status, Days to last follow-up(if alive) and days to death (if dead). In certain cases, we find that the patient is alive but the days to last follow-up has "[completed]". What does this mean?

How exactly do I include these cases in the K-M plot?

Thanks
Arvind

Answer 1

[cying]

Check the link(https://tcga-data.nci.nih.gov/docs/dictionary/) of dictionary of TCGA clinical data to see if it helps.