What Does a Partial Response Mean?
Partial response (PR) implies that further treatment will probably be required to attempt a cure.
Thankfully many of these means about the same thing.
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For the same reason, a partial response could be particularly good or particularly bad.
It all depends not only on your specific cancer but on the molecular profile of your specific cancer.
If you are searching for information on your cancer keep this in mind.
In addition, what you read online will often refer to statistics.
Statistics reflect averages from studies of large groups; very few people are average.
And statistics are put together using data from how people with your cancer responded in the past to treatment.
How can you cope with thefear of recurrenceor the fear of progression?
What happens when leukemia or lymphoma recur?
Many people find it helpful to talk about the elephant in the room.
Open up and expose these fears.
Sometimes talking to a counselor is helpful if you catch yourself worrying.
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