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Recurrence Or Progression: What Is The Difference?

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Progression is when cancer spreads or gets worse. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between recurrence and progression.

There is no standard period of time within the definition of recurrence, but most doctors consider a cancer to be a recurrence if you had no signs of cancer for at least a year. If your cancer has been gone for only 3 months, this would most likely be a progression of your disease. In this case, the doctors would assume that the cancer (even though they could not find it in any of the tests) never totally went away.

Your doctor will tell you whether your cancer is a recurrence or a progression and what that means to you.


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