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  2. Remission (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    A remission may be considered a partial remission or a complete remission. Each disease, type of disorder , or clinical trial can have its own definition of a partial remission. For example, a partial remission for cancer may be defined as a 50% or greater reduction in the measurable parameters of tumor growth as may be found on physical ...

  3. Spontaneous remission - Wikipedia

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    The spontaneous regression and remission from cancer was defined by Everson and Cole in their 1966 book as "the partial or complete disappearance of a malignant tumour in the absence of all treatment, or in the presence of therapy which is considered inadequate to exert significant influence on neoplastic disease." [1]

  4. Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors - Wikipedia

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    However, such techniques can be useful in confirming complete pathological response when biopsies are obtained. Tumor markers alone cannot be used to assess response. If markers are initially above the upper normal limit, they must normalize for a patient to be considered in complete clinical response when all lesions have disappeared.

  5. Cancer breakthrough as groundbreaking trials see seriously ...

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    Groundbreaking cancer trials are producing “incredibly impressive” results, with seriously ill people going into remission for months and years, according to a leading hospital.

  6. Kate Middleton's Cancer Remission Explained - AOL

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    The National Cancer Institute, for example, defines two types of remission: partial and complete. In complete remission, all signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared, the agency says, while ...

  7. Tronado machine - Wikipedia

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    Firstly, the complete remission rates were not high in any group. The study did not confirm Dr Holt’s previous reports of a 100% response rate for bladder tumours (Holt, 1988). The initial response rate (complete response and partial response) was 50% for RT alone, 34% for RT + UHF and 17% for UHF + GBA.

  8. Cancer survival rates - Wikipedia

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    The American Cancer Society reports 5-year relative survival rates of over 70% for women with stage 0-III breast cancer with a 5-year relative survival rate close to 100% for women with stage 0 or stage I breast cancer. The 5-year relative survival rate drops to 22% for women with stage IV breast cancer. [3]

  9. Limited-stage small cell lung carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    High-dose chemotherapy using cyclophosphamide, cisplatin, and carmustine with hematologic stem-cell support or marrow support on patients aged 60 years or younger who had achieved complete or partial remission with conventional induction chemotherapy also showed significant increase in five-year survival rate to 41% - 53%. [25]