Disease-free survival

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002492",
  "term": "Disease-free survival",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "In 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 is one way to see how well a new treatment works. Also called DFS, relapse-free survival, and RFS.",
  "synonyms": [
    "DFS",
    "relapse-free survival",
    "RFS"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/disease-free-survival/"
}