Meaning Disease-free survival
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Disease-free survivalThe length of time after treatment during which no disease is found. Can be reported for an individual patient or for a study population. "Disease-free survival predicts survival. It always has. And there is a very big decrease in cancer incidence so there will be a survival difference." (Dr. Larry Norton, in The New York Times, Oct 10, 2 [..]
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Disease-free survivalIn cancer, the length of time after primary treatment for a cancer ends that the patient survives without any signs or symptoms of that cancer. In a clinical trial, measuring the disease-free survival [..]
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Disease-free survivalPeriod after successful treatment in which there is no appearance of the symptoms or effects of the disease.
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Disease-free survivalThe length of time after treatment for a specific disease during which a patient survives with no sign of the disease. Disease-free survival may be used in a clinical study or trial to help measure how well a new treatment works. Also called DFS and disease-free survival time.
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Disease-free survival The percentage of people who are alive and free of lymphoma after a certain number of years.
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