retrospective cohort study

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007409",
  "term": "retrospective cohort study",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A research study in which the medical records of groups of individuals who are alike in many ways but differ by a certain characteristic (for example, female nurses who smoke and those who do not smoke) are compared for a particular outcome (such as lung cancer). Also called historic cohort study.",
  "synonyms": [
    "historic cohort study"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/retrospective-cohort-study/"
}