Regression

Regression in medicine is the partial or complete reversal of a disease's signs and symptoms.

Clinically, regression generally refers to a decrease in severity of symptoms without completely disappearing. At a later point, symptoms may return. These symptoms are then called recidive.

Mandard tumor regression grade (TRG), in this case showing rectal cancer.^[1]

In cancer, regression refers to a specific decrease in the size or extent of a tumour.^[2] In histopathology, histological regression is one or more areas within a tumor in which neoplastic cells have disappeared or decreased in number.^[3] In melanomas, this means complete or partial disappearance from areas of the dermis (and occasionally from the epidermis), which have been replaced by fibrosis, accompanied by melanophages, new blood vessels, and a variable degree of inflammation.^[3]

References

↑ Santos, Marisa D.; Silva, Cristina; Rocha, Anabela; Nogueira, Carlos; Castro-Poças, Fernando; Araujo, António; Matos, Eduarda; Pereira, Carina et al. (2017). "Predictive clinical model of tumor response after chemoradiation in rectal cancer". Oncotarget 8 (35): 58133–58151. doi:10.18632/oncotarget.19651. ISSN 1949-2553. PMID 28938543.
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↑ "Regression" (in en). National Cancer Institute. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms?cdrid=46039. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Ribero, Simone; Gualano, Maria Rosaria; Osella-Abate, Simona; Scaioli, Giacomo; Bert, Fabrizio; Sanlorenzo, Martina; Balagna, Elena; Fierro, Maria Teresa et al. (2015). "Association of Histologic Regression in Primary Melanoma With Sentinel Lymph Node Status". JAMA Dermatology 151 (12): 1301–1307. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.2235. ISSN 2168-6068. PMID 26332402.

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