What is the definition of cancer remission?

Are there different types of remission?

If a cancer is in remission, is it cured?

A women laughing although she has cancer

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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.

National Cancer Institute.Understanding Cancer Prognosis.

National Cancer Institute.Definition of Partial Remission.

American Cancer Society.Managing cancer as a chronic illness.