Disease Free Survival

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
DFS
Pronunciation
/dɪˈziz fri sərˈvaɪvəl/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Oncology

Examples in Context

  1. The authors reported that the disease free survival after the laparoscopic radical cystectomy appeared to be similar to historical controls of open radical cystectomy for similarly staged patients.
  2. UPA was an independent prognostic factor affecting disease free survival and overall survival.
  3. Life-table method was employed to evaluate the patients 1 year and 2 year disease free survival rates.
  4. Multivariate Cox regression model was used to analyze the disease free survival and to draw survival curves.
  5. Objective To investigate the adverse effect, disease free survival and overall survival of dose-dense chemotherapy in postoperative breast cancer patients.

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