Cancer Remission: Understanding Partial and Full Remission, Causes of Recurrence, and Care After Remission
What does cancer remission entail, and what causes recurrence? Remission may persist for a number of weeks, months, or even years while receiving cancer therapy or after. Remission, in its simplest form, refers to the disease’s resting stage, or the time when a cancer has been successfully treated and is being kept “under control.” During or after therapy, remission may extend for a number of weeks, months, or even years. What time does remission happen? The National Cancer Institute (NCI) states that a patient must have fewer or milder symptoms in order to be classified as being in remission. A person’s cancer is not always cured if they enter remission. When cancer is “cured,” it indicates that there are no… Read More »Cancer Remission: Understanding Partial and Full Remission, Causes of Recurrence, and Care After Remission