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Disease-free survival

By BCRF | September 11, 2024

Disease-free survival (DFS) is the amount of time following primary treatment for breast cancer when a patient has no symptoms of the cancer. Disease-free survival is a way to measure a patient’s response to treatment in a clinical trial. It is synonymous with relapse-free survival (RFS).

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