remission
Example Sentences
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“I’m in remission with both cancers,” he said Wednesday, “and what a journey this has been.”
From Los Angeles Times
Shortly into the women’s friendship, her 5-year-old son’s cancer—which had been in remission—returned.
Among the patients who died was 10-year-old Milly Main, who acquired an infection while in remission for leukaemia, and 84 children were infected.
From BBC
The researchers also found that more than 20% of treated patients, or 39 people, were in remission after 24 months.
From Science Daily
Milly, who was being treated for leukaemia, was in remission at the time of her death.
From BBC
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