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OS

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006162

The length of time from either the date of diagnosis or the start of treatment for a disease, such as cancer, that patients diagnosed with the disease are still alive. In a clinical trial, measuring the OS is one way to see how well a new treatment works. Also called overall survival.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006162
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionsoverall survival
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006162",
  "term": "OS",
  "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, that patients diagnosed with the disease are still alive. In a clinical trial, measuring the OS is one way to see how well a new treatment works. Also called overall survival.",
  "expansions": [
    "overall survival"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/os/"
}

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