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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Genet. 2012 Nov 27;14(1):23–34. doi: 10.1038/nrg3352
Covariate Variable type
Treatment arm or regimen Discrete
Cancer subtype Discrete
Cancer stage Discrete
Cumulative drug dose Continuous
Somatic mutations Discrete (present or absent)
Additional medications Discrete or continuous (if dose information)
Body surface area Continuous
Age Continuous
Sex Discrete
Ancestry Continuous (principal components)