add.stage.simple.Rd

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\name{add.stage.simple}
\alias{add.stage.simple}
\title{Adds column with simplified tumor stages without subtypes}
\usage{
add.stage.simple(meta_data, tumor_stage = "tumor_stage",
  new_name = "stage")
}
\arguments{
\item{meta_data}{A data frame}

\item{tumor_stage}{Character or Integer - Column name or index of tumor stage}

\item{new_name}{Character - Name of new column}
}
\value{
Returns the data frame with an additional column.
}
\description{
This function adds a new column "stage" to the meta data containing the simplified tumor stages (i.e. without subtypes). It uses the function stages.to.number.
As for now 4 subtypes are accepted: a,b,c and 0 - it doesnt compute "stage i/ii NOS", "stage 0" and "stage x"
}
\examples{
lungMeta <- add.stage.simple(lungmeta, "tumor_stage")
}