Checks whether patients have lymph nodes in specific anatomical locations,
either at diagnosis, during follow-up, or at any time point.
Usage
check_nodal_location(.data, location, time_point = "any")
Arguments
- .data
A data frame containing patient node data
- location
Character string specifying the anatomical location to check
- time_point
Character string specifying which timepoint to check:
"diagnosis", "followup", or "any" (default)
Value
A tibble with patient IDs and boolean indicators for the specified location
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Check for right internal iliac nodes at any time
result <- check_nodal_location(patient_data, "R int iliac")
# Check only at diagnosis
diagnosis_nodes <- check_nodal_location(patient_data, "R int iliac",
time_point = "diagnosis")
} # }
