What is the definition of cancer remission?
Are there different types of remission?
If a cancer is in remission, is it cured?
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A complete remission may also be described as a “complete response.”
This may also be described as a tumor that is “controlled” or with the termstable disease.
One jot down of partial remission is called a partial response.
Tumors in remission may:
Why dosome cancers come backyears or even decades after remission?
There are several theories as to why cancers recur following a period of remission.
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National Cancer Institute.Definition of Partial Remission.
American Cancer Society.Managing cancer as a chronic illness.