Glossary Term

OS

Overall Survival (OS) is a clinical endpoint measuring the time from treatment initiation or randomisation until death from any cause, considered the gold standard outcome in oncology trials.

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Related terms
PFS KM HR
Further reading
Royle et al. 2023 Browse the HEOR resource database

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