| Name |
Description and parameters |
Output |
| ABSEIL |
Universal program to create life-table
curves
| 1 |
"steering-file endpoint stratification"
descriptor |
| 2 |
baseline (years) |
| 3 |
| 0 |
normal |
| otherwise |
indicated starting year |
|
| 4 |
| 0 |
normal |
| otherwise |
year point beyond which to 'smooth' |
|
| 5 |
| -10 |
add N, <40/40-49, 60-69/70+ (AN) |
| -9 |
add N, <40/40-49
(AN) |
| -8 |
add N, <40/40-49,
50-59/60-69 (AN) or N, 50-59/60-69 (ANE) |
| -7 |
add 40-44/45-49,
50-54/55-59 (AE) or N, <40/40-49 (AN) or N (NE, ANE or ANE3) or N, ages,
ER+/++ (ANE2) |
| -6 |
add A/B, discard D/other/? (DS) or add
D/other (SS) or <40/40-44/45-49, 50-54/55-59 (AE) or <40/40-59, 50-59/60-69
(AN) or <40/40-49 (A) or N, ER+/ER? (NE or ANE) or N, ages (ANE2) |
| -5 |
add N0/N-, N1-3/N4+/N? (N) or ages (AN)
or ER+/ER++/ER?, ages (E) or PR+/PR++/PR?, ages (P) or ER+/?, ages (NE)
or PR+/PR?, ages (NP) or ER+/ER?, PR+/PR?, ages (EP) or 40-44/45-49, 50-54/55-59,
ER+/ER? (AE) or <40/40-49. 50-59/60-69 (A) or 50-59/60-69 (ANE) or ages,
N, collapse ER (ANE2) or ages, N (ANL, ATN, ATN2, ANG or ANB) or <30/30-34,
70-74/75-79/80+, N (ANE3) |
| -4 |
add ER+/ER++ (E) or PR+/PR++ (P) or <40/40-49,
60-69/70+ (A or AN) or 60-69/70+ (M) or <40/40-44/45-49, 50-54/55-59,
ER+/ER? (AE) or 50-59/60-69, ER+/ER? (ANE) or ER, N, <30/30-34, 70-74/75-79/80+
(ANE3) or N (NE4) or ages, N (ANGE) |
| -3 |
add 60-69/70+ (A) or ER+/ER++/ER? (E)
or PR+/PR++/PR? (P) or ER+/ER? (AE or NE) or PR+/PR? (NP) or <40/40-49
(AN) or ER+/? (ANE) or ER+/ER++ (EA) or ages, M0/M? (AS) or N, <30/30-34,
70-74/75-79/80+ (ANE3) or N0/N-, N+ (NE4) or M0/M?, 65-74/? (AS) or N (ATN,
ANG) |
| -2 |
add ages, re-order (N) or add ER+/ER++
(E), ages or PR+/PR++, ages (P) or <40/40-49, 60-69/70+ (AE) or 60-69/70+
(AN) or stages (AS) or ER?/ER+/ER++ (EA) or N (ANM, AN3, AN4, ANG2 or ATN3)
or N, ER+/ER? (ATNE) or ER (NE4) |
| -1 |
add ages (N, E, P, NN, PN, NE, NP, EP,
AS, L, G, ANB, NE4, ATN or ATNE) |
| 0 |
strata as found |
| 1 |
add up frames |
|
| 6 |
| -3 |
linear 75-100% |
| -2 |
linear 0-100% |
| -1 |
linear 25-100% |
| 0 |
logarithmic 25-100% |
| 1 |
logarithmic 5-100% |
| 2 |
logarithmic 40-100% |
| 3 |
logarithmic 980-1000/1000 |
| 4 |
logarithmic 800-1000/1000 |
| 5 |
logarithmic 990-1000/1000 |
| 6 |
logarithmic 995-1000/1000 |
| 7 |
logarithmic 700-1000/1000 |
| 8 |
logarithmic 900-1000/1000 |
| 9 |
logarithmic 400-1000/1000 |
| 10 |
logarithmic 600-1000/1000 |
|
| 7 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
V5::UDV1:[RG] |
| 2 |
V1::UDV1:[RG] instuffing |
|
| 8 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
crude titles only |
|
| 9 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
all strata on one frame |
|
BC
| 2 |
age frames (..N -5 or ..AN -6/-4/-3/-2
N0/N-, N1-3/N4+/N? only) |
| 3 |
ER frames (..NE -5 N0/N-, N+/N? only) |
| 4 |
age/ER frames (..ANE -3 N0/N-, N+/N? only) |
|
|
| 10 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
invert ordinate |
|
| 11 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
omit table of events and rates |
| 2 |
place table inside frame |
|
| 12 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
include post-cutoff trials/strata |
|
| 13 |
| 0 |
Normal |
|
BC
| 1 |
constrain annual (O - E)s between N0/N-,
N+/N? strata (..N -5 or ..AN -5 only) |
| 2 |
amalgamate annual (O - E)s between N0/N-,
N+/N? strata (..N -5 or ..AN -5/6 only) |
|
|
| 14 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
3 decimal places for percentages |
|
|
| Type |
Name |
| Video |
descriptorV |
|
| ARACHNE |
Universal program
to create web-ready version of LIST file
|
|
| BLACKBOX |
Universal program to calculate
annual (O - E) and V etc for a particular overview
| 1 |
"steering-file endpoint stratification"
descriptor |
| 2 |
(not used) |
| 3 |
(not used) |
| 4 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
exclude missing trials/strata from file |
|
| 5 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
exclude post-cut-off trials/strata from
file |
|
| 6 |
| 0 |
normal |
| otherwise |
censoring date (DDMMYY/DDMMYYYY) |
|
| 7 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
include trials/strata without time to
event in life table |
|
| 8 |
| 0 |
annual odds |
| 1 |
daily odds (default for PC) |
|
| 9 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
outbleaurg event and non-event records |
| 2 |
outbleaurg RG 'cross-check' file |
| 3 |
outbleaurg group:event:time file |
|
| 10 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
outbleaurg only trials/strata eligible
for endpoint |
|
| 11 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
closed trials only |
|
|
|
| CUTTER |
Cosmeticiser for overview trial
list prior to laser printing or export to IBM system
| 1 |
IN-FILE |
| 2 |
OUT-FILE |
| 3 |
| 0 |
laser H12 |
| 1 |
lineprinter |
| 2 |
laser H16 |
| 3 |
IBM export |
|
| 4 |
steering file / list of files |
| 5 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
omit rejects and nonstandard randomisations |
|
| 6 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
omit curly-bracketed stuff |
|
| 7 |
| 0 |
normal |
|
CRC
| 1 |
omit antibiotic trials |
| 2 |
antibiotic trials only |
|
|
| 8 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
show those NOT in (4) (plus omissions
in (5)) |
|
|
|
| DIFFFE |
Universal program to compare
two data sets and form a 'difference mask'
| 1 |
centre/group |
| 2 |
SECOND-FILE |
| 3 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
don't outstuff a BIT file |
|
| 4 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
cope with shuffled files |
|
| 5 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
ignore trial/stratum numbers |
| 2 |
ignore identifiers too |
|
|
| Type |
Name |
| Output |
@DIF# and BIT# where @ is overview prefix
and # is centre/group |
|
| DIKTAT |
CTSU diktats about the interpretation
of death causes etc vary continually. They can be applied uniformly,
in a removable way, to the 'pink form' style format file(s). Universal
program to apply diktats of the moment (for HD overview only at present)
| 1 |
first centre/group |
| 2 |
last centre/group |
|
|
| FILTER |
Universal program to extract one trial/stratum
| 1 |
trial/stratum (negative: select all from
centre/group except for trial/stratum) |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
BC$KK
| 0 |
all |
| 1 |
pre- and perimenopausal |
| 2 |
postmenopausal |
| 3 |
N0/N- |
| 4 |
N+ |
| 5 |
with 2nd primary |
| 6 |
with recurrence |
|
|
| Type |
Name |
| Output |
X(trial/stratum), or XN(trial/stratum)
if negative |
|
| FIXXER |
Program to remove
minor problems in a BC 2000 or BC2005 file:
| 1 |
in-file |
| 2 |
(out-file) |
| 3 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
second randomisation |
|
|
|
| GAZEBO |
Universal program to create
'forest' plots
| 1 |
"steering-file endpoint stratification"
descriptor |
| 2 |
| -4 |
direct input, studies |
| -3 |
direct input, studies (compact) |
| -4 |
direct input, categories |
| -1 |
direct input, overviews |
| 0 |
no serial |
| 1 |
serial (normal) |
| 2 |
serial, include no-data entries |
| 3 |
show but don't use serial |
| 4 |
show but don't use serial, and include
no-data entries |
| 5 |
serial, include post-cutoff |
| 6 |
serial, include no-data and post-cutoff |
|
| 3 |
| -10 |
add N, <40/40-49, 60-69/70+ (AN) |
| -9 |
add N, <40/40-49
(AN) |
| -8 |
add N, <40/40-49,
50-59/50-59 (AN) or N, 50-59/60-69 (ANE) |
| -7 |
add 40-44/45-49,
50-54/55-59 (AE) or N, <40/40-49 (AN) or N (NE, ANE or ANE3) or N, ages,
ER+/++ (ANE2) |
| -6 |
add A/B, discard D/other/? (DS) or add
D/other (SS) or <40/40-44/45-49, 50-54/55-59 (AE) or <40/40-59, 50-59/60-69
(AN) or <40/40-49 (A) or N (AN) or N, ER+/ER? (NE or ANE) or N, ages
(ANE2) |
| -5 |
add N0/N-, N1-3/N4+/N? (N) or ages (AN)
or ER+/ER++/ER?, ages (E) or PR+/PR++/PR?, ages (P) or ER+/ER?, ages (NE)
or PR+/PR?, ages (NP) or ER+/ER?, PR+/PR?, ages (EP) or 40-44/45-49, 50-54/55-59,
ER+/ER? (AE) or <40/40-49. 50-59/60-69 (A) or 50-59/60-69 (ANE) or ages,
N, collapse ER (ANE2) or ages, N (ANL, ATN, ATN2, ANG or ANB) or <30/30-34,
70-74/75-79/80+, N (ANE3) |
| -4 |
add ER+/ER++ (E) or PR+/PR++ (P) or <40/40-49,
60-69/70+ (A or AN) or 60-69/70+ (M) or <40/40-44/45-49, 50-54/55-59,
ER+/ER? (AE) or 50-59/60-69, ER+/ER? (ANE) or ER, N, <30/30-34, 70-74/75-79/80+
(ANE3) or N (NE4) or ages, N (ANGE) |
| -3 |
add 60-69/70+ (A) or ER+/ER++/ER? (E)
or PR+/PR++/PR? (P) or ER+/ER? (AE or NE) or PR+/PR? (NP) or <40/40-49
(AN) or ER+/? (ANE) or ER+/ER++ (EA) or ages, M0/M? (AS) or N, <30/30-34,
70-74/75-79/80+ (ANE3) or N0/N-, N+ (NE4) or M0/M?, 65-74/? (AS) or N (ATN,
ANG) |
| -2 |
add ages, re-order (N) or add ER+/ER++,
ages (E) or PR+/PR++, ages (P) or <40/40-49, 60-69/70+ (AE) or 60-69/70+
(AN) or stages (AS) or ER?/ER+/ER++ (EA) or N (ANM, AN3, AN4, ANG2 or ATN3)
or ages, ER+/ER? (ATNE) ER (NE4) |
| -1 |
add ages (N, E, P, NN, PN, NE, NP, EP,
AS, L, G, ANB, NE4, ATN or ATNE) |
| 0 |
strata as found |
| 1 |
add up frames |
| 2 |
add up frames and on-page strata |
|
| 4 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
omit no-death-cause |
| 2 |
omit death-cause |
| 3 |
omit no-recurrence-site |
| 4 |
omit recurrence-site trials/strata |
| 5 |
show all junk numerators |
| 6 |
show tabular numerators |
|
| 5 |
| 0 |
normal (0+) |
| otherwise |
year range, e.g. 0-0, 0-2, 2-4,
3, 5+ etc |
|
| 6 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
larger characters in lines (default for
'direct input') |
|
| 7 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
V5::UDV1:[RG] |
| 2 |
V1::UDV1:[RG] instuffing |
|
| 8 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
outstuffing |
| 2 |
read vertical lock file |
| 3 |
write vertical lock file |
|
| 9 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
double-size boxes |
| 2 |
quad-size boxes |
|
| 10 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
no overall-doubling for imbalanced trials
(indirect) / put heading 'adjusted' (direct) |
|
| 11 |
| -1 |
lock bottom of page |
| 0 |
normal (100%) |
| otherwise |
vertical scaling factor (range 1-100plus) |
|
| 12 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
toggle presence of 'information' column |
| 2 |
wide 'information' column |
| 3 |
wider 'information' column |
|
| 13 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
crude titles only |
| 2+ |
(special options) |
|
| 14 |
| 0 |
annual odds |
| 1 |
daily odds (default for PC; N.B:
must tally with BLACKBOX setting) |
| 2 |
crude odds |
| 3 |
unspecified |
|
| 15 |
| 0 |
reductions, 'SE' |
| 1 |
reductions, '±' |
| 2 |
ratios, 'SE' |
| 3 |
ratios, '±' |
| 4 |
automatic, 'SE' |
| 5 |
automatic, '±' |
|
| 16 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
omit subtotals |
| 2 |
omit grand total |
| 3 |
omit both |
|
| 17 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
show actual p-values > 0.1 |
|
| 18 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
show heterogeneity for subtotals |
|
| 19 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
show dotted lines for subtotals |
|
| 20 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
show years only |
| 2 |
omit suffices to year codes |
|
| 21 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
omit (O-E) and V columns |
| 2 |
omit events columns |
|
| 22 |
| -1 |
abscissa scale logarithmic 0·1
- 10 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
linear 0·25 - 1·75 |
| 2 |
linear 0·5 - 1·5 |
|
| 23 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
show 1 d.p. for subtotal reductions |
|
| 24 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
95% intervals |
| 2 |
99% intervals |
|
| 25 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
toggle person-years |
|
| 26 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
toggle presence of individual reductions/ratios |
|
| 27 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
open boxes for the 'non-updated' |
|
| 28 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
omit caption letters and underlining |
|
| 29 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
show trend as well as heterogeneity for
total |
|
| 30 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
toggle new crude format |
|
| 31 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
dashed ordinate, solid pooled lines |
|
|
| Type |
Name |
| Output |
descriptorX |
| Video |
descriptorV |
|
| GROWLE |
Universal program
to list year codes, serial numbers and brief names for a particular steering
file
| 1 |
steering-file |
| 2 |
(output) |
| 3 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
include no-data
entries |
| 2 |
include post-cutoff |
| 3 |
include no-data
and post-cutoff |
|
|
|
| HISTER |
Universal program to generate histograms
of prognostic variables for overview patients (first run BLACKBOX to produce
XX and YY)
| 1 |
| 0 |
all vs. age |
|
BC
| 1 |
ER-poor / ER+ / ER? vs. age |
| 2 |
post- / pre- / ? / perimenopausal vs.
age |
| 3 |
N0/N- / N+ / N? vs. age |
| 4 |
PR-poor / PR+ / PR? vs. age |
| 5 |
ER vs. PR |
| 6 |
actual ER |
| 7 |
actual ER < 10 |
|
|
| 2 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
proportion of all (1: 0-5) |
|
BC
| 2 |
proportion of those with known E.R. (1:
0-5) |
|
|
|
|
| ICDADD |
Universal program to generate
version of data file(s) with ICD code text appended to records, if required
| 1 |
first centre/group/IN-FILE |
| 2 |
last centre/group/OUT-FILE |
|
|
| INQUIST |
Universal program to tabulate
a breakdown of variables and check for imbalances between groups and prognostic
categories
| 1 |
centre/group |
| 2 |
overview completeness date (DDMMYY), or
default if omitted |
| 3 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
bin ages together (ALLC: < 10 and 10+
only; BC/CRC: < 50 and 50+ only; HD: < 30 and 30+ only) |
|
| 4 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
ER and PR < 10 subdivided into <
5 and 5-9 (BC) |
|
|
| Type |
Name |
| Output |
@INQ#X1 and @INQ#X2 where @ is overview
prefix and # is centre/group |
|
| INTAPE |
Utility to read
alien tapes
[Link
to separate instruction page here] |
|
| JLIST |
'Labyrinth-friendly'
overview trial list generator (BC only at present)
| 1 |
| 0 |
LIST to JLIST/(output) |
| 1 |
JLIST to XX/(output) |
|
| 2 |
(output) |
|
|
| LAYBIT |
Difference mask amalgamator
| 1 |
original BIT |
| 2 |
overlay BIT |
|
|
| LBASIC |
Universal program to list patients
with lapsed follow-up, uncertain cause of death and certain other questions
requiring special attention
| 1 |
centre/group |
| 2 |
ALLC
| 0 |
all |
| 1 |
list only those alive and not utterly
lost and not followed up beyond completeness date |
| 2 |
list those 'died of ill-defined cause' |
BC
| 0 |
all |
| 1 |
list only those alive and not utterly
lost and not followed up beyond completeness date |
| 2 |
list those 'died of unspecified cause'
and 'died of non-breast-cancer cause' without dist. rec. |
| 3 |
list those 'died of unknown cause' without
dist. rec. |
| 4 |
list those 'died of second neoplasm' without
site |
| 5 |
list those with second neoplasm without
site, except those 'died of second neoplasm' without site |
| 6 |
list those alive and not utterly lost
and not followed up beyond completeness date; and those 'died of unspecified
cause' without rec. |
| 7 |
list those with rec. and/or d. b.c. |
| 8 |
list those 'died
with problem ICD' without dist. rec. |
| 9 |
list those 'died
from cause 16' without dist, rec. |
CRC
| 0 |
all |
| 1 |
list only those alive and not utterly
lost and not followed up beyond completeness date |
| 2 |
list those 'died of unspecified cause'
without rec. |
| 3 |
list deaths within 30 days of surgery |
| 4 |
list follow-ups less than 30 days from
surgery |
| 5 |
list those died of colorectal cancer without
reported recurrence |
| 6 |
recurrence within 30 days when not stage
D/W/Y/Z |
| 7 |
recorded recurrence or advanced disease
with uncertain hepatic involvement |
| 8 |
stages A or B altered to 'D?' |
| 9 |
'ineligibles' for uncertain reason |
| 10 |
all recurrences |
| 11 |
stages A-B altered to Y? |
| 12 |
unexplained lack of surgery |
| 13 |
surgery but no stage |
HD
| 0 |
all |
| 1 |
list only those alive and not utterly
lost and not followed up beyond completeness date |
| 2 |
list those 'died of insufficiently- or
unspecified cause' |
| 3 |
list those with death cause altered to
'Hodgkin's disease' |
| 4 |
list those whose death cause might be
altered to 'Hodgkin's disease' |
| 5 |
select 'death cause might be altered to
'Hodgkin's disease'' ('less-likely' subset) |
|
| 3 |
completeness date (DDMMYY), or default
if omitted |
| 4 |
BC
| 0 |
all |
| 1 |
omit dead |
| 2 |
omit disease dead |
| 3 |
only disease dead |
| 4 |
only non-disease dead |
|
| 5 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
extra comment space |
|
| 6 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
stop at 30 late f.u.s |
|
| 7 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
include flagged in late f.u.s |
|
| 8 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
create comma-delimited files (BC only
at present) |
|
|
| Type |
Name |
| Output |
@LBA# where @ is overview prefix and #
is centre/group |
|
| LCHECK |
Universal program
to check for various anomalies in LIST file
|
|
| LIFE |
Universal program to create
cumulative curves of patients randomised, proportion still alive on-study
and raw life-table curves
| 1 |
trial/stratum |
| 2,3 |
| -2 |
recurrence censoring |
| -1 |
death censoring |
| 0 |
randomisation dates |
| 1 |
survival |
| 2 |
event/recurrence-free survival |
| 3 |
survival from disease |
| 4 |
survival from non-disease causes |
| 5 |
survival from unknown causes |
|
| 4 |
| 0 |
all |
|
BC
| 1 |
N- only |
| 2 |
N+ only |
| 3 |
< 50 only |
| 4 |
50+ only |
| 5 |
ER-poor only |
| 6 |
ER+ only |
| 7 |
PR-poor only |
| 8 |
PR+ only |
| 9 |
Pre/Peri- only |
| 10 |
Post- only |
| 11 |
ER? only |
| 12 |
PR? only |
| 13 |
ER+/? only |
| 14 |
PR+/? only |
CRC
| 1 |
Dukes A/B |
| 2 |
stage C/D/W/Y |
PC
|
|
| 5 |
baseline (years) |
|
| Type |
Name |
| Video |
@L#V where @ is overview prefix and #
is trial/stratum |
|
| LOOKER |
Universal program
to select certain categories of records
| 1 |
| 0 |
list all patients |
| 1 |
BC$KK: table of
second primary breast cancer codings |
| 2 |
CRC: list all patients
with recurrence on day 0 |
| 3 |
CRC: list all patients
with recurrence on days 1-30 |
| 4 |
all: list all 'death=0'
with ICD |
| 5 |
all: list all 'death=10'
with ICD or '(d...' |
| 6 |
CRC: list all patients
dying without 'death=11' within 1 year with ICD or '(d...' |
| 7 |
CRC: list all patients
dying without 'death=11' after 1 year with ICD or '(d...' |
| 8 |
CRC: list all 'death=9' |
| 9 |
CRC: list all 'death=6' |
| 10 |
CRC: list all 'death=7' |
| 11 |
CRC: list all 'death=11'
or dead with recurrence |
| 12 |
all: list all with
ICD > 799 |
| 13 |
BC$KK2: list all
with site non-zero |
| 14 |
BC$KK2: list all
with 'death=1' |
| 15 |
BC$KK2: list all
with 'death=3' |
| 16 |
BC$KK2/BC$KK: list
all patients dying (without contra., rec. or 'death=11') with ICD or '(d...' |
| 17 |
BC$KK2/BC$KK: list
all patients dying (without contra., rec. or 'death=11') except synthetics |
| 18 |
BC$KK: list all
'death=4' |
| 19 |
BC$KK2: list d.
'0', '4', '10', '12' with no ICD nor dist. rec. |
| 20 |
BC$KK2: list d.
'0', '12' |
| 21 |
all: list all with
comments |
| 22 |
BC$KK2: list all
with d. cause |
| 23 |
BC$KK2: list all
with status >2 |
| 24 |
BC$KK2: list d.
cause=2,6,7,9 |
| 25 |
BC$KK2: list all
'death 3/4' either without second-malignancy ICD, or with death cause but
no death ICD |
| 26 |
BC$KK2: list all
with ICD revision missing |
| 27 |
BC$KK2: list d.
'11' 'NED' |
| 28 |
CRC: list 1st. rec.
>11 |
| 29 |
CRC: list 'no surgery' |
| 30 |
CRC: list 'no stage' |
| 31 |
BC$KK2: d. '11'
or with rec. 'NED' |
| 32 |
BC$KK2: any recurrence |
| 33 |
CRC: list 'surg.
= 0' |
| 34 |
BC$KK2: list all
without known second-malignancy site |
|
| 2 |
(output) |
| 3 |
(centre/group)/(trial/stratum)/(steering-file) |
|
|
| MILLIE |
Program to convert
BC 1995 file into BC 2000 format:
|
|
| OUTCSV |
Program to create
comma-delimited output from BC 2000 or BC 2005 file:
|
|
| OVERLOOK |
Universal program to view the status of
the whole project
| 1 |
output |
| 2 |
string of up to six '0's and '1's, whose
positions signify the following:
| 1 |
list 'errors and omissions in particular
trials/strata' |
| 2 |
list 'comments about particular trials/strata' |
| 3 |
list 'general comments about centres/groups' |
| 4 |
list 'literature references' |
| 5 |
list 'actions required' up to today (or
over the date range j - k, if specified) |
| 6 |
list 'previous actions' |
|
| 3 |
date j (DD-MMM-YYYY) |
| 4 |
date k (DD-MMM-YYYY) |
|
|
| POSTER |
Universal supplementary program to form
subtracted annual (O - E) and V etc for certain endpoints of a particular
overview
| 1 |
steering file |
| 2 |
stratification |
| 3 |
| 0 |
DDPOSTREC |
| 1 |
RLNL |
| 2 |
DDPOSTRECB |
| 3 |
RLCONT |
| 4 |
DDPOSTRECC |
|
| 4 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
skip missing trials/strata in first file |
|
|
|
| RGBRIEF |
'RGBRIEF' generator (creates file RGBRIEF
from files BRIEF and SERIAL), or optionally a cosmeticised one for printing
| 1 |
(output) |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
omit 'rejects' |
|
|
|
| RUGRAT |
Universal project program to produce detailed
summary of a particular centre/group and its personnel, trials/strata,
data checks, flags, steering files, bibliography, diary etc
|
| Type |
Name |
| Output |
@$DK:LBB# where @ is overview directory
and # is centre/group |
|
| SBCHECK |
Universal program
to check for entries missing from the BRIEF and SERIAL files
|
|
| SERBIA |
Universal program to review the year code,
brief name and linked trials/strata for a particular trial/stratum |
|
| STARE |
Universal program to check for logical
errors in the data (e.g. missing items, meaningless codes and impossible
dates)
| 1 |
trial/group |
| 2 |
control mask, or all categories if omitted |
| 3 |
completeness date (DDMMYY/DDMMYYYY), or
default if omitted |
| 4 |
ALLC
| -1 |
null |
| 0 |
need init. trt. 0-1y before rand. |
| 1 |
need init. trt. 0-1y after rand. |
BC
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
omit ineligibles |
HD
| -1 |
null |
| 0 |
need init. trt. 0-1y before rand. |
| 1 |
need init. trt. 0-1y after rand. |
| 2 |
need up to 1m leeway |
|
| 5 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
include second randomisations |
|
|
| Type |
Name |
| Output |
@STA# where @ is overview prefix and #
is centre/group |
|
| TERSE |
'Abbreviated trial list' generator (creates
file YLIST from files LIST and SERIAL) |
|
| TITLES |
Universal program to list steering file
details
| 1 |
(output) |
| 2 |
| 0 |
steering file titles |
| 1 |
steering file names for each trial/stratum
om. rejects |
| 2 |
same, incl. rejects |
|
|
|
| TLIST |
Universal program
to list centre/group and trial/stratum details
| 1 |
(output) |
| 2 |
| 0 |
normal (132-width) |
| 1 |
93-width |
|
| 3 |
| 0/1 |
all centres/groups |
| 2 |
all trials/strata |
| 3 |
trials/strata for which reports have been
received |
| 4 |
trials/strata for
which reports have been promised or already received |
| 5 |
trials/strata for
which reports are not expected |
| 6 |
trials/strata for
which reports have been promised but not yet received |
| 7 |
trials/strata for
which no response to a request for a report has been received |
| 8 |
trials/strata for
which a report has not yet been requested |
|
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
| 0 |
all |
| 1 |
omit curly-bracketed stuff |
|
|
|
| TOTALS |
Universal program
to build TOTAL file and summarise overview details |
|
| TRAUMA |
Universal program which calls an ad hoc
subroutine for each data set received to convert it into 'pink form' style
format
|
|
| UPDATE |
Universal program to update a data set
using a 'difference mask'
| 1 |
centre/group |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
ignore trial/stratum numbers |
| 2 |
ignore identifiers too |
| 3 |
graft on new identities |
|
| 4 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
don't 'best guess' |
|
|
|
| WCHECK |
Universal program to summarise data and
check EXTRAS file (for BC overview only at present)
| 1 |
(output) |
| 2 |
| 0 |
normal |
| 1 |
include "old cycles" |
|
|
|
| WORLDE |
Universal program to review the full names,
prognostic and treatment allocation details etc for one or more trials/strata |
|
| WRECKE |
Universal program to check the data flags
for a particular trial/stratum |
|