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Metastasis-free survival

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005309

The length of time from the start of treatment for cancer that a patient is still alive and the cancer has not spread to other parts of the body. In a clinical trial, measuring the metastasis-free survival is one way to see how well a new treatment works. Also called MFS.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005309
FieldOncology and biomedicine
SynonymsMFS
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005309",
  "term": "Metastasis-free survival",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The length of time from the start of treatment for cancer that a patient is still alive and the cancer has not spread to other parts of the body. In a clinical trial, measuring the metastasis-free survival is one way to see how well a new treatment works. Also called MFS.",
  "synonyms": [
    "MFS"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/metastasis-free-survival/"
}

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