National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Primary Prevention
Synonyms

Prevention, Primary

Primary Prevention

PRIMARY PREVENTION

Definitions

Prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations through promotion of health, including mental health, and specific protection, as in immunization, as distinguished from the prevention of complications or after-effects of existing disease.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15306

ALT_DEFINITION

A procedure performed to avoid the first occurrence of a disease condition.

code

C15306

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C101859

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

Prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations through promotion of health, including mental health, and specific protection, as in immunization, as distinguished from the prevention of complications or after-effects of existing disease.

FULL_SYN

Prevention, Primary

Primary Prevention

PRIMARY PREVENTION

label

Primary Prevention

Legacy Concept Name

Primary_Prevention

Preferred_Name

Primary Prevention

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C15306

Semantic_Type

Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

UMLS_CUI

C0033144

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15843

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