After treatment is complete, if no signs of cancer can be found, the disease is declared to be in remission. ... In the case of breast cancer, remission means that tests and imaging do not show evidence of the cancer, and that a doctor cannot see signs of the cancer during a clinical exam.
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What is the longest remission a metastized breast cancer patient has had because I want to live that long and years beyond that. Am I being unrealistic? Who knows, I just know it is easier to live each day being optimistic and full of God's grace.
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A study of mammography screening for breast cancer found invasive cancers might spontaneously regress over time ... Reference: Head on over to the Daily Health Bulletin for more health tips on cancer like this one on breast cancer remission and get 5 free revealing health reports.
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We conducted this study to determine event-free and overall survival among women with hormone-insensitive or hormone-resistant metastatic breast cancer receiving consolidation with high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) and hematopoietic support versus no further chemotherapy after intensive induction chemotherapy.
www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16443517
Capesitabine and trastuzumab combination therapy is effective for recurrent breast cancer showing overexpression of HER2 and resistance to taxane, and can be considered as a first-line therapy for this purpose. It is anticipated that many cases treated with this regimen will be reported and discussed in the near future.
www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/17690508
If you or a loved one is looking for information about breast cancer recovery and treatment options, visit CTCA to read stories of remission and learn about treatments. ... Breast Cancer Recovery and Survivor Stories...
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Apparent partial remission of breast cancer in 'high risk ...; Apparent partial remission of breast cancer in 'high risk' patients supplemented with nutritional antioxidants, essential fatty acids and coenzyme Q10. ...; ... Communities related to breast cancer remission...
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A Retrospective Series of Long-Term Survivors of Metastatic Breast Cancer in Complete Remission; Vito Amoroso, Francesca Valcamonico, Edda Simoncini, Laura Ardighieri, Salvatore Grisanti, Lucia Vassalli, Patrizia Marpicati, Laura Lucini, Vittorio D. Ferrari, Giovanni Rangoni, Giovanni Marini;
dx.doi.org/10.1159/000084819
The reality is that breast cancer is a chronic disease that may go in and out of remission over time. The aim of medicine at present is not cure, but permanent and complete remission, or the disappearance of any diagnostic sign of disease.
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PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well vaccine therapy works in treating patients with stage IIIB or stage IV breast cancer in remission.
clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00227474