remission

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Venetoclax can push many acute myeloid leukemia patients into remission by triggering cancer cell death.

From Science Daily

During his appeal, the Supreme Court called it a case of "a man's vile greed coupled with devil's cunning", but commuted his sentence to life in prison "without remission".

From BBC

Jane Fonda’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is in remission, she said Thursday on her website, and she has her doctor’s permission to stop chemotherapy.

From Los Angeles Times

Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland says he finished six rounds of chemotherapy and his cancer is in remission as he balances treatment with his high-profile job as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.

From Washington Times

In 1969, as chronicled in his book "Awakenings," the neurologist Oliver Sacks discovered that temporary remission of these chronic symptoms, coined post-encephalitic parkinsonism, could be achieved through the use of the Parkinson's drug L-DOPA.

From Salon