Cause-specific survival

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001501",
  "term": "Cause-specific survival",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The length of time from either the date of diagnosis or the start of treatment for a disease, such as cancer, to the date of death from the disease. Patients who die from causes unrelated to the disease are not counted in this measurement. In a clinical trial, measuring the cause-specific survival is one way to see how well a new treatment works. Also called CSS.",
  "synonyms": [
    "CSS"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cause-specific-survival/"
}