Pathologic Function
disease progression Audio
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Subclass of:
Disease Attributes
Definitions related to disease progression:
  • (progression) In medicine, the course of a disease, such as cancer, as it becomes worse or spreads in the body.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A process that manifests as the worsening of a disease over time.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The worsening of a disease over time. This concept is most often used for chronic and incurable diseases where the stage of the disease is an important determinant of therapy and prognosis.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Death due to disease progression that cannot be attributed to a CTCAE term associated with Grade 5.
    Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
    U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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