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| Term | DFS |
| Short definition | DFS - For cancer, the length of time after the end of initial treatment for a cancer that the patient survives without signs or symptoms of that cancer. In a clinical trial, measuring DFS is one way to see how well a new treatment is working. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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DFS - For cancer, the length of time after the end of initial treatment for a cancer that the patient survives without signs or symptoms of that cancer. In a clinical trial, measuring DFS is one way to see how well a new treatment is working. Also referred to as disease-free survival, recurrence-free survival, and RFS
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