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What does PR stand for?

Partial Remission (oncology)


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Samples in periodicals archive:
Remission is a term generally used in cancer management to refer to a state of absence of any disease activity among patients with diagnosed to have cancer There are two types of remission according to medical experts, these are:1} complete remission and 2} partial remission Remission is a term generally used in cancer management to refer to a state of absence of any disease activity among patients with diagnosed to have cancer.
An effective attack phase brings about either partial remission, shown at point A1 on the chart, or a complete remission, shown at point A2.
The drug also delayed the onset of acute myeloid leukaemia by six months, and improved the chances of complete and partial remission compared to standard treatments.
The 34-year-old, Hodgkin's lymph-oma, was in partial remission after traditional chemotherapy but still failed to meet Health Commission Wales (HCW) guidelines for funding the transplant.
Four other student leaders received partial remission.
By looking at fewer than 60 genes, it was possible to make the prediction in all cases in partial remission and nearly three-quarters of cases in complete remission.
3mg/m2 and docetaxel 40 mg/m2: -- Of 25 evaluable patients, six patients (24 percent) achieved a confirmed PSA decline of more than 50 percent of which four patients achieved a confirmed PSA decline of at least 90 percent; and -- 100 percent of the 13 patients with measurable disease achieved either partial remission or stable disease, specifically three achieved partial remission.
Of eight patients who have had the treatment, five have gone into complete remission and one into partial remission.

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