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A simulated oncology clinical trial referral network from a major research hospital. For the purpose of identifying collaboration networks between oncologists, this dataset only includes referrals of patients who were enrolled in more than one clinical trial. This includes 389 patients enrolled in 288 clinical trials.

Usage

oncology_network

Format

A igraph object (e.g. representing the oncology clinical trial referral network. The structure includes:

nodes

Oncologists or clinical trials (depending on network structure).

edges

Referral links between nodes, based on shared patient enrollment across trials.

Source

Simulated data based on oncology clinical trial enrollment patterns.

Details

Clinical trials are categorized by intervention type, including targeted therapies (prefixed with "T:") and immunotherapies (prefixed with "I:"). There are 16 distinct intervention types (nodes) and 470 patient referrals (edges) in the network.