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Descriptor English: Secondary Prevention
Descriptor Spanish: Prevención Secundaria
Descriptor prevención secundaria
Entry term(s) prevención secundaria de enfermedades
Scope note: Prevención de recaídas o agravamientos de una enfermedad de las complicaciones de su tratamiento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Prevenção Secundária
Descriptor French: Prévention secondaire
Entry term(s): Disease Prevention, Secondary
Disease Preventions, Secondary
Early Therapies
Early Therapy
Prevention, Relapse
Prevention, Secondary
Prevention, Secondary Disease
Preventions, Relapse
Preventions, Secondary
Preventions, Secondary Disease
Relapse Prevention
Relapse Preventions
Secondary Disease Prevention
Secondary Disease Preventions
Secondary Preventions
Therapies, Early
Therapy, Early
Tree number(s): E02.897
N02.421.726.825
N06.850.780.750
SP2.840.385.619.561
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055502
Scope note: The prevention of recurrences or exacerbations of a disease or complications of its therapy.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Related: Chemoprevention MeSH
DeCS ID: 53393
Unique ID: D055502
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Secondary Prevention - Preferred
Concept UI M0518047
Scope note The prevention of recurrences or exacerbations of a disease or complications of its therapy.
Preferred term Secondary Prevention
Entry term(s) Disease Prevention, Secondary
Disease Preventions, Secondary
Prevention, Secondary
Prevention, Secondary Disease
Preventions, Secondary
Preventions, Secondary Disease
Secondary Disease Prevention
Secondary Disease Preventions
Secondary Preventions
Relapse Prevention - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0591135
Preferred term Relapse Prevention
Entry term(s) Prevention, Relapse
Preventions, Relapse
Relapse Preventions
Early Therapy - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0554883
Scope note Procedures undertaken to prevent or reduce the incidence or progression of disease, in individuals with EARLY DIAGNOSIS of disease, or known DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY.
Preferred term Early Therapy
Entry term(s) Early Therapies
Therapies, Early
Therapy, Early



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