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remission

[ri-mish-uhn] / rɪˈmɪʃ ən /




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Neill was in remission at the time of his conversation with The Telegraph.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

He used his remission to promote CAR T-cell therapy, which genetically alters one’s cells to fight cancer, after he said chemotherapy stopped working.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

He later said the disease was in remission, although he would require monthly chemotherapy for the rest of his life.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The princess revealed she was having cancer treatment in 2024 and said she was in remission at the start of 2025.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

As we hoped and prayed, Miss Riley’s disease went into remission.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

In mouse models of aggressive prostate cancer, the targeted particles produced several complete tumor remissions, offering encouraging evidence that the approach could eventually advance to human clinical trials.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Through his remissions, they pursued fertility treatments and rounds of IVF, but miscarried each time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

She added: "As the cost-of-living crisis continues and families are struggling more, we are finding that more are needing to access these remissions, which means our costs are going up."

From BBC Apr. 24, 2024

Cromhout told Science that four children now have had ART-free remissions for longer than 6 months and one is out 29 months.

From Science Magazine Mar. 7, 2024

But the remissions of disease and of suffering were only temporary, and were succeeded, in every instance, by a worse condition of things than before.

From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)




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