Term info
definition
Is a temporal measure from a defined start point e.g. diagnosis, or treatment of the period to appearance of a distant metastasis. A distant metastasis refers to cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to distant organs or distant lymph nodes. Also known as distant cancer.
definition citation
http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=415317
has exact synonym
time to development of distant metastases, event distant metastases
term editor
Helen Parkinson