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complete remission

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complete remission
Complete response Oncology Disappearance of all signs and symptoms of disease–eg, cancer, multiple sclerosis, with normalization of all biochemical and radiologic parameters, as well as a negative repeat biopsy–pathologic remission. Cf Partial remission.


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All I know is that this man is in complete remission and that all his cancer cells in his body have been killed.
Remission is a term generally used in cancer management to refer to a state of absence of any disease activity among patients with diagnosed to have cancer There are two types of remission according to medical experts, these are:1} complete remission and 2} partial remission Remission is a term generally used in cancer management to refer to a state of absence of any disease activity among patients with diagnosed to have cancer.
Compared with chemotherapy alone, the MabThera drug combination almost doubled the numbers achieving complete remission.
 
 
 
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