Disease-Free Survival

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The amount of time that a person with a disease—usually understood to mean cancer—lives without known recurrence. Disease-free survival is a major clinical parameter used to evaluate the efficacy of a particular therapy, which is usually measured in ‘units’ of 1 or 5 years

disease-free survival

Oncology The time that a person with a disease lives without known recurrence; DFS is major clinical parameter used to evaluate the efficacy of a particular therapy, which is usually measured in 'units' of 1 or 5 yrs. See Cure, Remission.

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