R_Oncology_graph

Graphical presentation of clinical data in oncology can transport message quickly and directly. Commonly generated plots like Kaplan-Meier Curve visualize the survival curve by survival distribution; Waterfall Plot display the best tumor shrinkage of each subjects and colored by response or other features at the same time; Forest Plot further analysis the treatment effect by subgroup; Swimmer Plot illustrate each subjects tumor response over time. R basic functionality allow you to create plot in a simple way and multiple packages are developed for specific usage, it’s free, easy to get start and can be well used by clinical studies. This repo will display and discuss the procedures to generate common plots in oncology studies in R and also demonstrate on the feature of R graphics system.