In the statistics the median is the value out of the group, with an equal number of values preceded and followed. Median survival is the amount of time from the date of diagnosis or from the onset of treatment, such as cancer, that half of the patients in a group of patients diagnosed with the disease are still alive. In a clinical trial, measuring median survival is one way to see how well the new treatment works.
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- Median SurvivalIn the statistics the median is the value out of the group, with an equal number of values preceded and followed. Median survival is the amount of time from the date of diagnosis or from the onset of treatment, such as cancer, that half of the patients in a group of patients diagnosed with the disease are still alive. In a clinical trial, measuring median survival is one way to see how well the new treatment works