Lifetime risk
| Lifetime risk | |
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| Term | Lifetime risk |
| Short definition | lifetime risk (lifetime risk) A measure of the risk that a particular event will occur during a person's lifetime. In cancer research, it is commonly expressed as the probability that a person who is free of a particular type of cancer will develop or die from that type of cancer during their lifetime. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
lifetime risk - (pronounced) (lifetime risk) A measure of the risk that a particular event will occur during a person's lifetime. In cancer research, it is commonly expressed as the probability that a person who is free of a particular type of cancer will develop or die from that type of cancer during their lifetime. For example, a woman with no known risk factors for breast cancer has a lifetime risk of developing breast cancer of about 12%. This means that one in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime
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