Median survival time (MST)

中位生存时间

英文解释

Median survival time (MST), refers to the length of time from either the date of diagnosis or the start of treatment for a disease, such as cancer, that half of the patients in a group of patients diagnosed with the disease are still alive.

中文解释

中位生存时间 (MST)，指的是从诊断之日起或开始治疗某种疾病(如癌症)的时间长度，在一组被诊断为该疾病的患者中，有一半的患者仍然活着。

参考文献

[1]. Reid N. Estimating the median survival time
[J]. Biometrika, 1981, 68(3): 601-608.