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overall survival

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006209

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 overall survival is one way to see how well a new treatment works. Also called OS.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006209
FieldOncology and biomedicine
SynonymsOS
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006209",
  "term": "overall 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, that patients diagnosed with the disease are still alive. In a clinical trial, measuring the overall survival is one way to see how well a new treatment works. Also called OS.",
  "synonyms": [
    "OS"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/overall-survival/"
}

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