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Defined Contingent On Relationship
Definition 1
A relationship between an activity and one of the following, where all activities are part of the global library of activities: The outcome of another activity where the source activity does not occur unless the target activity outcome has occurred; Another activity where the source activity does not occur unless the target activity has occurred; A group of other criteria that may be composed of a mix of other activities, observation results and/or other groups. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A relationship between an activity and one of the following, where all activities are part of the global library of activities:- the outcome of another activity where the source activity does not occur unless the target activity outcome has occurred - another activity where the source activity does not occur unless the target activity has occurred- a group of other criteria that may be composed of a mix of other activities, observation results and/or other groups. EXAMPLE(S): Only perform a certain lab test if drug X was administered. (target = another activity) Only perform a substance administration of drug X if the blood pressure was over some threshold number. (target = observation result from another activity that is an observation)Only perform a substance administration of drug Y if the blood pressure was over some threshold number and either the result of a certain lab test was positive or the subjects temperature was elevated, i.e. "(A and (B or C))". (NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)