While it’s a relief to hear the word ‘remission’, it doesn’t necessarily mean cured.
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The Hollywood action hero has experienced an astonishing recovery from cancer. An oncologist explains why this might become a more familiar story.
It only takes a few surviving cells for a cancer to grow back, and the available testing methods often can’t detect them while they’re dormant.
That depends on a number of factors, including the cancer you had initially, as well as your genes, environment and lifestyle.
Treatment for lung cancer patients is the same for everyone, regardless of the risk of recurrence. The use of a new technology could refine diagnosis.
Low-carbohydrate diets worked as well as meal-replacement diets in achieving remission.
Latest meta-analysis shows weight loss is the most important factor in achieving remission.
A twinge can be all it takes to convince patients they have a new tumour
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Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Étudiant au MD-PhD, chercheur en cancer du poumon, McGill University